11 November 2025, La Union — A storm surge linked to Super Typhoon Uwan inundated coastal areas of La Union overnight, damaging homes and businesses that were still reeling from earlier impacts.
In San Juan, La Union, the storm surge damaged beachfront establishments along the popular surfing coast before dawn on Tuesday. Business owners said repairs will be costly and expressed concern that the surge was far stronger than what they experienced during previous storms like Typhoon Emong earlier this year.
Meanwhile, the storm surge left the coastal community in Barangay Poro, San Fernando, La Union heavily damaged around Monday night and continued until past midnight. Most residents evacuated as water rushed inland, while some chose to stay behind. This event follows the collapse of a nearby road and flood control project during Uwan’s peak, when a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel washed ashore and slammed into houses.
Greenpeace Philippines urged world leaders and the Philippine delegation at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) starting this week in Belém, Brazil to strongly push for climate accountability.
“Every storm wipes out decades of hard work in a single night,” said Virginia Benosa-Llorin, Climate Campaigner at Greenpeace Philippines. “Filipinos should not be forced to rebuild again and again while the companies fueling the climate crisis walk away with record profits. At COP30, leaders must make fossil fuel giants pay for the damage their pollution is causing, so families can recover with dignity and live without fear.”
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