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Friday, May 15, 2020

Auswärtiges Amt: Aktuelle Reisewarnungen Philippinen

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Aktuelles (Taifunwarnung, COVID-19)

Aktuelles

Ab dem 14. Mai 2020 soll der Taifun Vong Fong/Ambo auf Ost-Visayas treffen und bis 16. Mai 2020 in Richtung Norden und Luzon ziehen. Der Taifun kann heftige Regenfälle und Winde mit sich bringen, die zu Überschwemmungen und Beeinträchtigungen der Infrastruktur in der Stromversorgung und bei Verkehrswegen führen können.

• Beachten Sie Wettervorhersagen und insbesondere Taifunwarnungen wie beim Joint Typhoon Warning Center oder beim philippinischen Wetterdienst „Pagasa“ .
• Beachten Sie bei einer Sturmwarnung die Hinweise zu Wirbelstürmen im Ausland bzw. die Hinweise des Bundesamts für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe.
• Vermeiden Sie Aufenthalte in den möglicherweise von dem Taifun betroffene Gebiete.
• Folgen Sie stets den Anweisungen lokaler Behörden, auch im Fall von Evakuierungen.

Zur Eindämmung der COVID-19-Erkrankung ist derzeit bis auf weiteres Ausländern die Einreise in die Philippinen landesweit verboten; erteilte philippinische Einreise-Visa wurden für ungültig erklärt. Ausnahmen gelten ausschließlich für Flugzeugbesatzungen, für Familienangehörige (Ehegatten, Kinder) von philippinischen Staatsangehörigen sowie für Diplomaten und Angehörige internationaler Organisationen, die in den Philippinen akkreditiert sind. Diese unterliegen jedoch nach Einreise einer 14-tägigen Quarantänepflicht.

Eine Ausreise ist Ausländern, die sich im Land aufhalten, jederzeit erlaubt. Es bestehen aber keine regulären Verkehrsverbindungen zwischen den Inseln des Landes. Ausländern, die sich auf Luzon aufhalten, ist es aber möglich, sich auf dem Landweg nach Manila zur Ausreise über den internationalen Flughafen zu begeben, wenn sie ein Flugticket mit sich führen und die Ausreise innerhalb der nächsten 24 Stunden bevorsteht oder sie eine Hotelbuchung bis zum Abflug nachweisen können.

Seit dem 17. März 2020 gelten bis vorerst zum 31. Mai 2020 für die philippinische Hauptinsel Luzon und die anderen Ballungsgebiete um Cebu und Davao strenge Quarantänemaßnahmen, die nur kurze Einkäufe und für wenige ausgenommene unerlässliche Wege zur Arbeit erlauben. Es gilt eine nächtliche Ausgangssperre (20.00 Uhr bis 05.00 Uhr). Für den Großraum Manila (Metro Manila) gelten seit dem 15. März 2020 Ein- und Ausreisesperren auf dem Land-, See- und Luftweg. Ungeachtet einer leichten Ausweitung der Ausnahmen vom generellen Ausgangsverbot innerhalb der von Metro Manila ab dem 16. Mai 2020 sind für einzelne Gemeinden dort zusätzliche Beschränkungen wie zum Beispiel Verbote, das Gemeindegebiet zu verlassen in Kraft oder können kurzfristig erlassen werden.

Für die Philippinen wurde eine Rückholaktion für deutsche gestrandete Reisende durchgeführt.

• Wenn Sie zurzeit zu Gast in den Philippinen sind, prüfen Sie Rückreiseoptionen und nutzen Sie vorhandene Ausreisemöglichkeiten. Die Reisemöglichkeiten aus den Philippinen sind zurzeit beschränkt, jedoch werden weiterhin einige Verbindungen angeboten, die Ausländer nutzen können.
• Verfolgen Sie die lokalen Medien und folgen Sie den Anweisungen der Behörden.
• Informieren Sie sich auf der Internetseite der Deutschen Botschaft Manila, auf Facebook und auf Instagram.
• Bitte beachten Sie unsere fortlaufend aktualisierten Informationen zu COVID-19/Coronavirus, insbesondere die derzeitige Reisewarnung vor nicht notwendigen, touristischen Reisen.

Sicherheit - Teilreisewarnung
Vor Reisen in folgende Regionen oder Gebiete gewarnt:
- Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)
- Northern Mindanao (Region X)
- Davao-Region (Region XI) mit Ausnahme des Stadtgebietes von Davao City
- Soccsksargen (Region XII)
- Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)
- Inseln des Sulu-Archipels
- Süd-Palawan mit Ausnahme von Puerto Princesa
Von nicht erforderlichen Reisen in andere Regionen von Mindanao und in der Mindanao-See wird abgeraten.

Friday, December 27, 2019

Mindestens 17 Tote durch "Phanfone" auf den Philippinen


Durch den Taifun "Phanfone" sind auf den Philippinen mindestens 17 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Das teilten Mitarbeiter der Bergungsdienste mit. Der Tropensturm war am Dienstag im Zentrum des Inselstaats auf Land getroffen. Er richtete schwere Schäden an, mehrere Ortschaften wurden überschwemmt. Die Behörden ordneten Zwangsevakuierungen für mehr als 58.000 Menschen in Küstengebieten an. Nach Angaben der Wetterdienste erreichte der Taifun Windgeschwindigkeiten von bis zu 195 Stundenkilometern. Inzwischen hat "Phanfone" die Philippinen verlassen und bewegt sich westwärts.

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Typhoon prompts Philippine evacuation ...

... in storm-prone provinces

Filipino workers take down a large billboard sign in anticipation of strong winds brought by an upcoming typhoon in Bacoor city, Cavite province, Philippines, on Monday. (EPA photo)
MANILA: Philippine authorities started to move people to safer grounds as Typhoon Yutu approaches, tracking a path similar to last month’s storm that devastated rice-producing provinces in the main island of Luzon.
Yutu, which last week became the strongest storm since 1950 to hit the US territories in the Northern Mariana Islands, is now the equivalent of a Category 2 storm on the US Saffir-Simpson scale. Its maximum winds have slowed to 167 kilometres per hour, according to the latest Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast.
The typhoon is forecast to make landfall on Tuesday either in the province of Isabela or Aurora in northern Philippines, according to the local weather bureau. Mangkhut, which killed more than 120 people in the Philippines and damaged about 26.7 billion pesos ($498 million) of the nation’s farm output, slammed into Cagayan province, also in north Luzon, in September.
Storm signal No. 3 was raised in the provinces of Isabela, Quirino and Aurora. Under the third-highest alert, rice and corn crops may suffer heavy losses and widespread disruption of power and communication lines may happen, according to the Philippine weather bureau.
More than two dozen areas including the capital region of Metro Manila are under lower alert levels. About 20 cyclones pass through disaster-prone Philippines each year. In 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan killed more than 6,300 people in the Southeast Asian nation.
As many as 12 million people in 290 cities and towns in Luzon are along the storm’s path, Edgar Posadas, spokesman for the Philippine disaster-monitoring agency, said at a televised briefing.
Cebu Air Inc. canceled several local flights ahead of the Halloween break. Yutu, named Rosita in the Philippines, was about 355 kilometres from Luzon’s east coast on Monday afternoon.
Last month, Mangkhut hit the Philippines main island before striking Hong Kong. At their peak, both Mangkhut and Yutu had winds of 180 miles per hour, making them the strongest in the world this year.
“Manila will get a little bit of rain but the worst of it is well to the north,” said Jason Nicholls, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania.
The mountains of Luzon will tear at Yutu’s structure and significantly weaken the storm before it emerges into the South China Sea Wednesday, Nicholls said.
Yutu is forecast to drift north, possibly bringing rain to China’s southeast coast in the coming days.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

'YUTU' weakens ...

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News


MANILA - Typhoon Yutu weakened on Thursday evening as it continues to approach the Philippine area of responsibility.
PAGASA weather forecaster Gener Quitlong said the typhoon was last spotted 2,230 kilometers east of Central Luzon (outside PAR) as of 8 p.m.
It is now packing maximum sustained winds of 185 km per hour from 210 kph at 4 p.m, and gusts of up to 225 kph from 260 kph.
The typhoon, which will be named Rosita, is forecast to enter PAR by Saturday morning if it continues to move west at 15 kph.
According to ABS-CBN resident meteorologist Nilo Millanes, Yutu is considered as a "violent typhoon" by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
A violent typhoon is the highest category on the agency’s scale, with its strength of 215 kph near the center and gustiness of 305 kph 
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), meanwhile, categorized Yutu as a supertyphoon, with a strength of 270 kph and gusts reaching up to 325 kph.
Track of Typhoon Yutu. PAGASA
Yutu slammed into US Western Pacific territories on Wednesday. It was the second major typhoon to hit the islands after Mangkhut struck in September, bringing strong winds and rains that caused damage in Hong Kong and Macau and triggered landslides that killed dozens in the Philippines.
Millanes said the probability of the typhoon to make landfall in Northern Cagayan, Philippines is low as of posting time due to the wide spread in the forecast tracks after the 72-hour forecast time.

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Walang Pasok: Class suspensions for September 13


By : (philstar.com) 
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED September 13, 8:32 a.m.)— Several local government units announced class suspensions for Thursday, September 13, in anticipation of the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong (international name: Mangkhut).
The state weather bureau earlier said "Ompong" could potentially intensify into a super typhoon.
View the updated list of class suspensions here:
Metro Manila
  • Parañaque
  • Quezon City – (September 14 and 15 only)
Ilocos Region
  • Aringay, La Union
  • Balaoan, La Union
  • Bangar, La Union
  • Bauang, La Union (Until September 15)
  • Caba, La Union (Until September 15)
  • Naguilian, La Union (Until September 14)
  • San Fernando, La Union (Until September 15)
  • San Gabriel, La Union (Until September 15)
  • San Juan, la Union (Until September 14)
  • Sudipen, La Union
  • Ilocos Norte (Until September 14)
  • Ilocos Sur (Until September 14)
  • Bolinao, Pangasinan
  • Bugallon, Pangasinan (Until September 14)
  • Calasiao, Pangasinan (Until September 15)
  • Dagupan City (Until September 15)
  • Lingayen, Pangasinan
  • Mangaldan, Pangasinan
Cagayan Valley
  • Cagayan province (Until September 15)
  • Tuguegarao City (Until September 14)
Cordillera Administrative Region
  • Abra province (Until September 14)
  • Apayao (Until September 16)
Central Luzon
  • Marilao, Bulacan
  • Obando, Bulacan
  • Apalit, Pampanga
  • Arayat, Pampanga
  • Guagua, Pampanga
  • Macabebe, Pampanga (Until September 14) 
  • Masantol, Pampanga (Until September 14) 
  • Mexico, Pampanga
  • Minalin, Pampanga (Until September 14) 
  • San Fernando, Pampanga
  • Santa Rita, Pampanga (Until September 15) 
  • Floridablanca, Pampanga
  • Sasmuan, Pampanga
  • Porac, Pampanga
  • Gapan City
  • Nueva Ecija province
  • Anao, Tarlac
  • Camiling, Tarlac (Until September 14)
  • Capas, Tarlac
  • Concepcion, Tarlac
  • La Paz, Tarlac
  • Ramos, Tarlac (Until September 14)
  • Olongapo City
  • Zambales (Until September 14)
Calabarzon
  • Candelaria, Quezon
Bicol Region
  • Albay (preschool to high school)
  • Camarines Sur
  • Sorsogon
Eastern Visayas
  • Maasin, Leyte (Until Ssptember 14)
  • Tacloban City
Zamboanga Peninsula
  • Zamboanga City 
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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Tropical Storm Vinta




Comval Gov. Tyron Uy presides the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting on December 21 at the capitol. Part of the important discussion is the weather update and local preparation of the LDRRMOs as the province is under PSWS #1 for Tropical Storm Vinta. (mary
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Friday, November 25, 2016

Marce to hit Cebu today

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It was not fog that hung over the skies of Cebu yesterday, but thick clouds brought on by tropical depression Marce, according to the state weather bureau. Storm signal number 1 was raised over Cebu City yesterday leaving hundreds of passengers stranded in the different seaports. Aldo Nelbert Banaynal
CEBU, Philippines - After causing thousands to be stranded yesterday, tropical depression Marce is expected to make landfall in Cebu early this morning.
PAGASA-Visayas weather specialist Bolivar Artiaga said Marce will continue to bring more rains and people in landslide-prone areas should be watchful.
"Magbantay g’yud ta labi na kadtong mga landslide-prone areas kay posible mag landslide tungod aning sige og uwan-uwan," said Artiaga.
He also said that yesterday almost the entire Cebu sky was engulfed by thick clouds that lowered visibility, it was not fog as many thought.
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"Di to siya fog. Tungod lang gyud to sa uwan nga niubos ang visibility. Unya dag-um sad kaayo ang Cebu," Artiaga said.
Based on the PAGASA weather bulletin as of 8 p.m. last night, Marce made landfall in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte. The estimated rainfall amount is from moderate to heavy within the 300 kilometers of the tropical depression.
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Signal no. 1 is still in effect in Biliran, Southern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Bohol, Cebu including Bantayan and Camotes Islands, Siquijor, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, Antique and Guimaras in the Visayas.
Marce is expected to be out of the country by Monday afternoon.
A total of 52 vessels, 17 motorbancas and 81 cargo vessels were not allowed to travel from Cebu to other provinces due to unfavorable weather brought about by tropical depression Marce yesterday.
Paul Alcances, duty officer of the Philippine Coast Guard Cebu Station said that as of 8 p.m. last night, 2,522 passengers were stranded after vessels plying Leyte,  Bohol, Camotes,  Cagayan de Oro, Masbate, Sta. Fe in Bantayan Island,  San Carlos  City, Escalante in Negros Oriental and Dipolog routes were barred from travelling.
In the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, four flights plying the Cebu-Surigao/Surigao-Cebu routes were cancelled due to the bad weather, said MCIA corporate communication junior manager Malou Mozo.

Education is priority

Despite the tropical depression, some schools in the city will have classes today as Mayor Tomas Osmeña did not order to suspend the classes.
Saying education is his priority, Osmeña said he does not see the need to hit the panic button.
“There’s classes. The only exception would be in certain schools which are exposed to slides, the children cannot go home, or if they will have to cross the river like Barangay Buot,” he said, adding schools in barangays Busay and Sapangdaku should also suspend classes.
However, he clarified that school principals have the discretion to suspend the classes depending on the situation of the schools today.
“I have the responsibility of not hitting the panic button. If there’s a real danger, there’s always a danger, but if you talk about lesser danger, you don’t need to give many instructions because people will get confused,” he said.
Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council head Nagiel Bañacia said the suspension of classes shall be treated on a case-to-case basis depending on the situation.
With this, Bañacia encouraged the public to be alert, saying there are 19 upland barangays prone to landslides while five urban barangays are prone to flooding.
The mountain barangays that are highly susceptible of landslides are Lusaran, Binaliw, Guba, Budlaan, Malubog, Buot, Busay, Sirao, Taptap, Adlaon, Tagba-o, Tabunan, Pung-ol Sibugay, Sudlon 1, Sudlon 2, Sinsin, Buhisan, Pamutan, and Sapangdaku.
The urban barangays that are highly susceptible to flood are Bonbon, Labangon, Kasambagan, Kinasang-an, and Mabolo.
He said responders are on standby to respond to any eventualities while contractor’s association has committed to deploy their heavy equipment in case of landslides in the upland barangays.
For emergencies, he said the public may call numbers: 032-2621424 and 0923-5248222.
Mandaue City Mayor Gabriel Luigi Quisumbing yesterday declared suspension of classes in all public elementary schools due to the bad weather.
"In light of the impending landfall of TS Marce in Surigao this afternoon which is expected to bring heavy rains to Cebu, afternoon classes in Elementary Public Schools in Mandaue City are hereby cancelled," Quisumbing said.
In Talisay, the city also declared class suspension yesterday and today for all levels.
The tropical depression may bring heavy rains and the city government said this might affect Barangay Manipis which is prone to landslide, and other barangays that are prone to flooding.

Code red

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office placed the whole province of Cebu under Code Red: Charlie.
“Base sa protocol, naa man gitawag sa alpha, bravo, charlie. Charlie naa ta, Code Red: Alert Charlie. Naa ta sa gitawag nga minimum critical preparation,” PDRRMO head Baltazar Tribunalo said.
With the storm signal, the Cebu provincial government suspended classes in all levels in public schools throughout the province yesterday and today.
Private schools, on the other hand, were advised to dismiss classes, especially in areas prone to flashfloods and/or landslides.
The Cebu provincial government fielded all heavy equipment units in the northern and southern parts of Cebu for immediate response in case of landslides. The PDRRMO also warned coastal residents of possible storm surges.

Church refuge

Meanwhile, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma yesterday asked churches and chapels throughout the province to accommodate any evacuees who may be displaced or seeking safety from landslides or floods. — Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon, Kristine B. Quintas, Le Phyllis F. Antojado, Jean Marvette A. Demecillo, Garry B. Lao, Iris Mariani B. Algabre (FREEMAN)

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Luzon and Metro Manila Brace for another Typhoon

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Typhoon "Lando" is expected to make landfall over Aurora-Isabela area by weekend.  PAGASA
MANILA, Philippines (First published 9:21 a.m.) —  Storm warning signals are raised in several areas in Luzon as severe tropical storm "Lando" has intensified into typhoon, weather bureau PAGASA said on Friday.
A typhoon is an intense tropical cyclone with maximum wind speed exceeding 118 kilometers per hour (kph).
Satellite image of Typhoon Lando (international name Koppu) released by US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center as of 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015.
Public storm warning signals are up in the following areas:

Signal No. 1

  • Cagayan
  • Abra
  • Kalinga
  • Mt. Province
  • Ifugao
  • Benguet
  • Ilocos Sur
  • La Union
  • Pangasinan,
  • Bulacan
  • Pampanga
  • Tarlac
  • Zambales
  • Bataan
  • Rizal
  • Laguna
  • rest of Quezon
  • Camarines Norte
  • Camarines Sur
  • Catanduanes
  • Metro Manila


Signal No. 2

  • Aurora
  • Isabela
  • Quirino
  • Nueva Vizcaya
  • Nueva Ecija
  • Northern Quezon including Polillo Island
Areas under storm warning signals will experience occasional rains gusty winds starting tomorrow.
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PAGASA warned that storm surges are possible in the eastern coast of Isabela, Aurora, Quezon and Camarines provinces.
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At 4 p.m., the typhoon was located 510 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora with maximum sustained winds of 130 kph and gusts 160 kph. It is likely to move west at 15 kph.
Track of Typhoon Lando from the Philippines Crisis Map of Google Crisis Response as of noontime on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015.
Lando is forecasted to make landfall over Aurora-Isabela Sunday and will cross northern Luzon. The weather bureau warned that the typhoon might linger in the Philippine area of responsibility as late as Friday next week.
The estimated rainfall amount is from heavy to intense within the 600-kilometer diameter of the typhoon.
Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon or "amihan" will continue to affect northern and central Luzon. Metro Manila, regions of Cordillera, Ilocos and Central Luzon will experience cloudy skies with light rains.
"Fisherfolk are advised not to venture out over the northern and western seaboards of Northern Luzon, western seaboard of Central Luzon and eastern seaboard of Visayas," PAGASA said.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

The World Can Learn from The Philippines ...

The  world can learn from the turnaround of the Philippines' disaster awareness as shown by its experiences with super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in 2013 and Typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) in 2014, a US surgeon who took part in the response to both disasters, said.

 
Michael Karch, a surgeon with Mammoth Hospital in Mammoth Lakes, California, said learning lessons from Yolanda and applying them during Ruby may have saved the lives of some 1.7 million Filipinos.
 
"The preemptive actions of the Philippine government, military, medical, and civilian sectors should serve as valuable lessons for the rest of the world as we collectively begin to embrace mass casualty education and preparedness on an individual, national, and international platform," Karch said in a blog post.
 
Yolanda, which tore through the Visayas on Nov. 8, 2013, left more than 6,300 dead.
 
In contrast, Ruby - which, like Yolanda, packed powerful winds and posed a major threat - resulted in 18 deaths. The lower casualty count was in part due to massive evacuations in areas Ruby was projected to hit.
 
Karch said Yolanda's destruction had been described as the "Night of 1,000 Knives,” due to the flying debris that "wreaked injury and death on the Filipino population."
 
In contrast, he said, Ruby could be dubbed the "Night of a Million and a Half Flames" referring to 1.7 million plus people who survived the typhoon.
 
"Widespread public health and civil defense measures that had been established in the interim between Haiyan and Hagupit were initiated in the days before landfall," he said.
 
Karch, who said he served as a team leader in Civilian Mobile Forward Surgical Teams (CMFSTs) in the aftermath of both typhoons, found certain patterns that he said are reproducible.
 
"Valuable lessons can be taken from each and applied to the next. The initial differences between the disaster response to Typhoons Haiyan versus Hagupit are striking. The simple fact that the Philippine government was able to evacuate more than a million and a half million citizens out of harm's way is a testament to their dedication to learn and evolve as super storms occur on a more frequent basis," he said.
 
"Although the response to Hagupit was not perfect, it was much improved from that of Haiyan. The use of progressive communication through social media and Short Message Service (SMS) texting played a large role in this success," he added.
 
Karch likened the turnaround to super storms Katrina in 2005 and Sandy in 2013 in the US.
 
"As with Haiyan, the Hurricane Katrina experience was a glaring low point in terms of public opinion and confidence in governmental response to natural disaster. The government response to Hurricane Sandy showed marked improvement in pre-emptive planning and execution on the part of federal, state and city government," he said.
 
"The recent Philippine Hagupit experience provides us with another opportunity to learn. Although no system is perfect, if the motivation to continually improve our national disaster response is a driving force, we must study all storms, especially those with successful outcomes, and determine how we can apply these lessons to our own public health and disaster preparedness programs," he added.

 —  By: Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Pope Francis in Tacloban

TACLOBAN, Philippines — Pope Francis arrived in the typhoon-hit Philippine city of Tacloban on Saturday, where he was met by a huge crowd drenched from waiting for hours in the rain.
The pope will celebrate a Mass in an open field near the airport, and have lunch with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, the November 2013 storm that leveled entire villages and left more than 7,300 people dead or missing.
A police official estimated the crowd at 150,000 and said tens of thousands more are lined up outside. Wearing plastic raincoats, the festive crowd clapped in unison to blaring music welcoming the pope, cheering when they heard the pope's plane land.
RELATED: Get updates on Typhoon Mekkhala at Stars and Stripes' Pacific Storm Tracker blog
Villagers hung banners welcoming the pope from the bow of a steel-hulled cargo shop that smashed houses when it was swept in by Haiyan and remains on shore.
"Pope Francis cannot give us houses and jobs, but he can send our prayers to God," said Ernesto Hengzon, 62. "I'm praying for good health and for my children too. I am old and sickly. I'm praying that God will stop these big storms. We cannot take any more of it. We have barely recovered. Many people are still down there."
The rains were brought by approaching Typhoon Mekkhala, which has prompted authorities to suspend ferry services to Leyte province, where Tacloban is located, stranding thousands of travelers including some who wanted to see the pope.
Francis is on the second full-day of a three-day visit to the Philippines. He was in Sri Lanka earlier in the week.
He issued his strongest defense yet of church teaching opposing artificial contraception on Friday, using a rally in Asia's largest Catholic nation to urge families to be "sanctuaries of respect for life."
Francis also denounced the corruption that has plagued the Philippines for decades and urged officials to instead work to end its "scandalous" poverty and social inequalities during his first full day in Manila, where he received a rock star's welcome at every turn.
Security was tighter than it has ever been for this pope, who relishes plunging into crowds. Cellphone service around the city was intentionally jammed for a second day on orders of the National Telecommunications Commission and roadblocks along Francis' motorcade route snarled traffic for miles (kilometers).
Police vans followed his motorcade while officers formed human chains in front of barricades to hold back the tens of thousands of wildly cheering Filipinos who packed boulevards for hours just for a glimpse of his four-door Volkswagen passing by.
Police said another 86,000 gathered outside one of Manila's biggest sports arenas, capacity 20,000, where Francis held his first encounter with the Filipino masses: a meeting with families. There, he firmly upheld church teaching opposing artificial contraception and endeared himself to the crowd with off-the-cuff jokes and even a well-intentioned attempt at sign language.
Francis has largely shied away from emphasizing church teaching on hot-button issues, saying the previous two popes made the teaching well-known and that he wants to focus on making the church a place of welcome, not rules. But his comments were clearly a nod to the local church, which recently lost a significant fight when President Benigno Aquino III pushed through a reproductive health law that allows the government to provide artificial birth control to the poor.
"Be sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death," Francis exhorted the crowd. "What a gift this would be to society if every Christian family lived fully its noble vocation."
He then deviated from his prepared remarks to praise Pope Paul VI for having "courageously" resisted calls for an opening in church teaching on sexuality in the 1960s. Paul penned the 1968 encyclical "Humanae Vitae," which enshrined the church's opposition to artificial birth control.
Francis noted that Paul was aware that some families would find it difficult to uphold the teaching and "he asked confessors to be particularly compassionate and understandable for particular cases."
But he nevertheless said Paul was prescient in resisting the trends of the times.
"He looked beyond. He looked to the peoples of the Earth and saw the destruction of the family because of the lack of children," Francis said. "Paul VI was courageous. He was a good pastor. He warned his sheep about the wolves that were approaching, and from the heavens he blesses us today."
Francis also urged families to be on guard against what he called "ideological colonization," an apparent reference to gay marriage, which isn't legal in the Philippines. The church opposes gay marriage, holding that marriage is only between man and wife.
The government has declared national holidays during the pope's visit, which culminates Sunday with a Mass in Manila's huge Rizal Park, and the crowds responded by turning out in droves to welcome him. Authorities estimated that between 700,000 and 1 million people lined his motorcade route in from the airport Thursday night.
"It is the wish of every Filipino to see him, and if possible, to interact with him, talk to him," said Alberto Garcia, a 59-year-old electrician who was among a crowd of about 100 people who gathered in front of a giant screen mounted on a truck at a public square to watch Friday's Mass. "Because that is impossible, just by being here we can take part in his mission to visit and bring grace to this country."
Francis was clearly energized by the raucous welcome, stopping several times Friday to kiss children brought up to him once he entered the presidential palace grounds. His motorcade didn't stop along the route, though, for him to get out to and greet the crowd as he likes to do.
It remains to be seen if he will chafe at the intense security provided by authorities, who appeared to leave nothing to chance. They have good reason to go overboard after Pope Paul VI was slightly wounded in an assassination attempt during his visit in 1970 and St. John Paul II was the target of militants whose plot was uncovered days before his 1995 arrival.
About 50,000 police and troops have been deployed to secure the pope in a country where relatively small numbers of al-Qaida-inspired militants remain a threat in the south despite more than a decade of U.S.-backed military offensives.
Associated Press writers Oliver Teves and Teresa Cerojano in Manila contributed to this report.