The extent of dam­age caused by Typhoon Haiyan (local­ly named Yolan­da) that
hit the cen­tral Philip­pines on Fri­day is still being assessed with the death
toll upgrad­ed to at least 100, many injured and half a mil­lion made homeless. 

Sus­tained winds of …

Pow­er­ful Typhoon Haiyan (local­ly named Yolan­da), the strongest ever to hit
land, struck the cen­tral Philip­pines on Fri­day, killing at least four people,
cut­ting ser­vices, leav­ing the task of pro­vid­ing shel­ter, wel­fare and the
mas­sive clean-up. 

Ramon Anquilan DU1UGZ, of the …

The Super Typhoon Haiyan has affect­ed the Philip­pines, trig­ger­ing flooding,
destroy­ing build­ings and caus­ing mil­lions of peo­ple to take shelter. 

Ramon Anquilan DU1UGZ of the Philip­pines Ama­teur Radio Asso­ci­a­tion (PARA)
reports that the typhoon made land­fall at about …

Recent­ly we had sev­er­al earth­quakes and storms. Thank you for your prompt reports. What has emerged is that being request­ed are needs for a lit­tle more information. 

The ques­tions being asked include who is involved (names, call­signs and loca­tion), if …

When a fierce cyclone came ashore in India, and a dev­as­tat­ing earth­quake struck the Philip­pines, it was radio ama­teurs who pro­vid­ed vital communications. 

As Cyclone Phailin head­ed towards Indi­a’s Bay of Ben­gal author­i­ties quick­ly evac­u­at­ed dan­ger­ous areas. The Ama­teur Radio …