As with most remote places, little is known about Babuyan Islands, besides its being a typhoon-battered zone. ... causing the sea to behave like a fast flowing river. Pig on board.

June 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the Babuyan islands in the northern Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was at a depth of 34 km (21.13 ...

A distant splash breaks the flat gold sheen of the ocean off the Babuyan island group. “One o’clock, three kilometers,” Jo Marie Acebes yells. The captain of her outrigger changes course ...

State weather bureau PAGASA said Tropical Depression “Emong” continues to maintain its strength as it moves closer to extreme Northern Luzon on Monday morning.

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Depression Emong on Monday increased speed as it moved towards the Batanes-Babuyan Islands area, the state weather service said. In its 5 p.m. severe weather ...

Weather disturbance Julian intensified into a typhoon on Sunday and was expected to make landfall or come in close contact with Babuyan Islands or mainland Batanes province on Monday, the ...

The operation of the Pasig River Ferry Service was suspended on Wednesday due to typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced Wednesday.

Typhoon Kiko (Chanthu) is 'highly likely' to make landfall in any of the islands of the Batanes-Babuyan archipelago. But landfall or not, 'catastrophic conditions will be felt' during Kiko's passage.

The storm is moving north-northwest at 9 mph (15 kph) and is expected to pass over, or close to the Philippines’ Babuyan Islands within the next 24 hours, according to the country’s weather ...

A powerful storm sweeping across the Pacific Ocean in the direction of the Philippines has intensified into a super typhoon, with forecasters warning it could hit the northern part of the country ...