Satellite images don’t lie. Once a lush and sprawling green lifeline, Sierra Madre’s forests in Dinapigue, Isabela, now bear ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Sierra Madre Mountain Range must be protected and its preservation must be included in the national government disaster mitigation plan. Senatorial aspirant Benjamin ...

Last week, as Supertyphoon “Karding” battered Luzon, a screen capture of a satellite feed tracking its wind pattern captioned “The Sierra Madre mountain range doing her thing” went viral on Twitter.

Filipino climate scientists Gerry Bagtasa and Bernard Alan Racoma wrote the article “Does the Sierra Madre Mountain Range in Luzon Act as a Barrier to Typhoons?” debunking the claim that the ...

The Spaniards called her Mother mountain, this vast range stretching down the northeastern flank of the island of Luzon like the heaving backs of massive whales. Through the years, the trees and ...

Since most typhoons form towards the east, the mountain range also serves as an obstruction for typhoons moving from east to west along Luzon. Through the years, Sierra Madre has tempered ...