Several areas in the Bicol Region experiencing strong winds and heavy rainfall as a result of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate their homes. A 24 Oras report by Saleema Refran on Wednesday showed a video uploaded on social media where cries for help echoed amid the dark and high floodwaters from residents who were trapped inside their homes at Barangay Iraya Sur,

NEARLY 400,000 individuals were affected amid the onslaught of Tropical Storm Kristine, particularly in the Bicol Region, National Disaster Risk Reduction and M

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced Wednesday morning, October 23, that rescue boats and other essential assets are on their way to the Bicol region where several residents have been left stranded by the severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) ahead of its landfall.

Intense rains on Wednesday were forecast to persist in Bicol provinces already turned into lakes by record-shattering rainfall brought by deadly Tropical Storm Kristine, which could hamper the delivery of aid and efforts to save trapped residents awaiting rescue since Tuesday night.

The Bicol region has experienced severe flooding due to Tropical Storm Kristine, with a resident noting it's the most they've seen in 30 years. In a Facebook Live on Oct. 23, the local Philippine Information Agency (PIA) shared a first-person video where the speaker appears to be on top of a roof along Panganiban Drive in Naga as he shows the