Philippines — Natural Disaster Report
Asia · Live status: High (9 active events)
Current situation: 9 natural disaster events are currently monitored in Philippines, with a worst severity of Severe. Details, sources and timestamps are listed below.
The Philippines is struck by more tropical cyclones than any other country, with around twenty entering its area of responsibility each year and roughly eight or nine making landfall. Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 was among the strongest landfalling storms ever recorded; its storm surge devastated Tacloban and killed over 6,300 people. The archipelago also sits directly on the Ring of Fire, with active volcanoes including Mayon, Taal and Pinatubo, whose 1991 eruption was one of the largest of the twentieth century and measurably cooled global temperatures. Frequent earthquakes affect the whole country, and steep terrain combined with intense rainfall produces deadly landslides. Because most population centres are coastal, storm surge and tsunami exposure is high.
Live map — Philippines
Loading live data… · Marker positions are approximate; severity is labelled in each popup. Sources: USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, NOAA/NWS, EMSC.
Active alerts & recent events
Latest earthquakes
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By hazard in Philippines
Each of these has its own page: recent activity, the season it happens in, past events and what to do.
- Earthquakes in Philippines
- Floods in Philippines
- Hurricanes in Philippines
- Severe Storms in Philippines
- Volcanic Activities in Philippines
- Wildfires in Philippines
Risk profile
Typhoon season June-November, peaking July-October. Earthquakes and volcanic activity year-round. Landslides during typhoons and the monsoon. Flooding in Metro Manila during the southwest monsoon, June-September.
Official emergency authorities
In season now in Philippines
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Typhoon season
— June to November
Peaks July to October. Around twenty tropical cyclones enter Philippine waters in an average year.
Seasons describe when a hazard is historically most likely, averaged over many years. They are not a forecast and say nothing about this week.
Hazard seasons
| Season | Months | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Typhoon season · now | June to November | Peaks July to October. Around twenty tropical cyclones enter Philippine waters in an average year. |
| South-west monsoon (habagat) | June to September | Often the cause of flooding blamed on a distant typhoon. |
| North-east monsoon (amihan) | November to February | Cool, wet north-easterlies on the eastern seaboard. This season crosses the new year. |
Disaster displacement in Philippines
10.7 million internal displacements
Largest single event: 3.6 million from storm, beginning 7 November 2025.
A displacement is a movement, not a person: somebody forced from home more than once in a year is counted more than once. These are movements caused by disasters only — displacement caused by conflict is counted separately and is not included here.
| Hazard | Displacements in 2025 |
|---|---|
| Storm | 10,227,436 |
| Flood | 396,201 |
| Earthquake | 115,753 |
| Volcanic activity | 2,884 |
| Mass Movement | 1,038 |
| Year | Displacements |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10,743,312 |
| 2024 | 8,988,775 |
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Global Internal Displacement Database. IDMC publishes annually, so the latest year here is the latest they have finalised — not the current one.
River flood forecast — Philippines
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: as currently ongoing · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: in 11-14 days (on 2026-11-01) · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
A 1% chance of exceeding its 2-year flood flow.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: as currently ongoing · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
GloFAS forecasts are computer model output, published for information only. They are not a flood warning: only national and regional authorities issue flood warnings for their own area. A reporting point is a place on the model's river network, which may sit a few kilometres from the town it is named after. All 259 rivers →
Emergency numbers — Philippines
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911 — National emergency hotline
Free, 24/7, run by the Emergency 911 National Office under the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Replaces the older local emergency numbers.
Last checked 4 September 2026. Numbers change and some are provincial rather than national. If one does not connect, use the authorities listed above.
What this site sees in Philippines
PAGASA issues tropical cyclone warnings and rainfall advisories for the Philippines, and PHIVOLCS issues volcano and earthquake bulletins. This site ingests neither, so a PAGASA signal number will not appear here. Volcanic and seismic activity reaches this site through global feeds, which are slower and far less detailed than PHIVOLCS.
| Source | Events here, last 12 months | What it will not tell you |
|---|---|---|
| WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) | 238 | Each warning comes from one country own alerting authority, so the scale is that agency scale and is not comparable between countries. Many agencies publish no coordinates, and those warnings are placed at the centre of the country rather than where the weather is - the area name is the real answer. |
| European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre | 130 | Global for earthquakes, with the best coverage in Europe and the Mediterranean. It publishes nothing about any other hazard. |
| US Geological Survey | 28 | Global for earthquakes above roughly M4.5, and denser where there are more seismometers. It publishes nothing about any other hazard. |
| GDACS (European Commission / United Nations) | 5 | Global, but deliberately selective: it alerts on disasters likely to need INTERNATIONAL response. Serious local flooding that a national agency handles alone will not appear here. |
| NASA FIRMS | 5 | Global, but it sees only what the satellite saw on its pass, and thick cloud hides fire. A quiet day here is not evidence that nothing burned. |
| ReliefWeb (UN OCHA) | 2 | Global, but it reports on humanitarian RESPONSE. It arrives days after an event rather than during it, and never functions as a warning. |
| NASA EONET | 1 | Global and curated rather than automatic, so it is slower than the raw feeds and carries far fewer events. |
| MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) | none | Europe only. It publishes no coordinates at all, so every warning here is placed at the centre of its country and the area name is the only reliable indication of where it applies. |
| NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers | none | These two centres warn for the US and Canadian coasts and for the Pacific and Caribbean basins. The Indian Ocean and Mediterranean have their own warning centres, which are not read here. Their routine information statements - the ones that say there is NO tsunami danger - are deliberately not imported, so an empty tsunami list means no threat was issued, not that nothing was checked. |
| NOAA National Hurricane Center | none | The Atlantic and the eastern and central Pacific only. No typhoon in the western Pacific and no cyclone in the Indian Ocean or the southern hemisphere appears here; those come from GDACS and from national services. |
Not applicable here: US National Weather Service — Covers the United States only. It publishes nothing about any other country, so its absence from a country page is not an outage. ; USGS Volcano Hazards Program — United States volcanoes only - Alaska, Hawaii, the Cascades, Yellowstone, California and the Northern Mariana Islands. It says nothing about Indonesia, Iceland, Italy or anywhere else, so its silence about a foreign eruption is not a judgement about that eruption.
Major historical disasters — Philippines
| Event | Type | Date | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) | Hurricane / Cyclone / Typhoon | Nov 8, 2013 | 6,300 |
| The 2013 Bohol Earthquake | Earthquake | Oct 15, 2013 | 222 |
Frequently asked questions
What natural disasters are currently active in Philippines?
There are currently 9 monitored natural disaster events in Philippines. The overall risk status is High. See the live list on this page for details and sources.
What natural hazards does Philippines face?
The Philippines is struck by more tropical cyclones than any other country, with around twenty entering its area of responsibility each year and roughly eight or nine making landfall. Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 was among the strongest landfalling storms ever recorded; its storm surge devastated Tacloban and killed over 6,300 people.
When is the main natural disaster season in Philippines?
Typhoon season June-November, peaking July-October. Earthquakes and volcanic activity year-round. Landslides during typhoons and the monsoon. Flooding in Metro Manila during the southwest monsoon, June-September. Seasons shift from year to year; treat these as the usual pattern, not a forecast.
Which official agency issues disaster warnings in Philippines?
Official warnings for Philippines are issued by PAGASA — Philippine weather agency and PHIVOLCS — Volcanology and Seismology. Links to each are on this page. This site aggregates and reports; it does not issue warnings, and in an emergency the national agency is the authority.
What is the deadliest recorded natural disaster in Philippines?
Of the events documented on this site, the deadliest in Philippines is the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) (2013), with around 6,300 deaths. Official figure 6,300 with ~1,000 missing; some estimates higher. This is drawn from documented records held here and is not a complete historical archive.
Where does this disaster data for Philippines come from?
Data is aggregated from official sources including USGS, GDACS (EC/UN), NASA EONET, ReliefWeb and national agencies. Every event links to its original source, and update times are shown on each record.
Data sources: USGS, GDACS (EC/UN), NASA EONET, NOAA/NWS, EMSC, ReliefWeb (UN OCHA). See data sources & attribution and methodology. This page does not replace official emergency guidance.