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by Joe Jackson, with AFP Bureaus Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown in England, which will join several European countries in imposing the measure for a second time, as Slovakia took a different tack and began testing its entire population. Global infections are fast approaching 46 million, with close to 1.2 million deaths, and Europe is experiencing a dizzying spike […]
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines (AFP) — At least four people were killed as Typhoon Goni pounded the Philippines Sunday with authorities warning of “catastrophic” conditions in the hardest-hit regions where hundreds of thousands have fled their homes. The strongest typhoon of the year so far made landfall on Catanduanes Island before dawn with maximum sustained wind speeds of 225 kilometres (140 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 310 kilometres per hour ripping off […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 383,000 mark on Sunday, Nov. 1, after the Department of Health reported over 2000 more cases. The DOH said of the 383113 total cases, 27115 or 7.1 percent were active. Of these, 81.6 percent were mild, 9.9 percent asymptomatic, 5.4 percent critical, and 3.1 percent severe. Of the 2396 additional cases, 1548 tested positive today. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Davao City […]
by Raziye Akkoc Agence France Presse Rescuers raced against the clock to save people trapped under rubble in Turkey and Greece on Saturday as anguished mourners buried the first victims of a powerful earthquake that claimed 39 lives. The 7.0-magnitude quake killed 37 people and injured nearly 900 in Turkey after striking on Friday afternoon near the west coast town of Seferihisar in Izmir province. Also killing two teenagers on their way home from […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical Cyclone Rolly (Goni) has weakened into a typhoon and is now off the coast of Pasacao, Camarines Sur. With the weakening of Rolly, typhoon signal no. 5 in Camarines Sur and Albay was downgraded into signal no. 4. PAGASA said “catastrophic violent winds and intense to torrential rainfall associated with the region of the eyewall and inner rainbands of the typhoon is prevailing or expected within the next 12 hours over […]
(Eagle News) — In this video by Eagle News Service correspondent Rebert Seriao in Guinobatan, Albay, Super Typhoon Rolando’s fury is seen as it hammered the area with intense rains and winds of more than 225 kilometers per hour. The video taken in Bgy. Travesia in Guinobatan, Albay was at around 7 a.m., on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. There was nearly zero visibility in the area for around two hours, from 7 a.m. to 9 […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Storm “Atsani” is now inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Atsani,” locally named “Siony,” was so far estimated 1,365 km east of Central Luzon. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph, and is moving west northwest at 30 kph. It is forecast to move generally northwestward until Monday evening, then slowly west-southwest […]
Close to 97k families or 347k individuals already preemptively evacuated (Eagle News) — A total of 19.8 million people to 31.9 million people are “predicted to be exposed” to Super Typhoon Rolly (international name Goni), located in 12 exposed or affected regions in the country, according to authorities. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad said that they based their projections for a 60 kilometer radius, and a 120 kilometer […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Sunday said “Rolly” may generate volcanic sediment flows or lahar and muddy streamflows in Pinatubo, Taal and Mayon. In its lahar advisory, PHIVOLCS said this was due to the “current severe intensity and potentially high-volume rainfall” brought by the super typhoon, which has made its second landfall over Tiwi, Albay. PHIVOLCS said the lahar “can threaten communities downstream of the above channels with inundation, burial and […]
(Eagle News)–The center of the eye of Super Typhoon “Rolly” has made a second landfall, this time over Tiwi, Albay. In its 8 a.m. update, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 5 is retained over Albay and Camarines Sur, as “Rolly” packed maximum sustained winds of 225 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 310 kph. It is moving west at 25 kph. PAGASA said Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Storm “Atsani” is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility this afternoon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said so far, “Atsani” was located 1280 kilometers east of southern Luzon. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is moving west-northwest at 30 kph. Once inside PAR, PAGASA said “Atsani” will be named “Siony.” PAGASA said “Siony” is […]
(Eagle News)–Ninety-three more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. With the additional recoveries, the PNP said the recovery tally rose to 6667. Thirty-six more cases, however, pushed the total to 7220. Of these, 530 were active. One more death pushed the death toll to 23. The police remain among the country’s frontliners as they continue to man checkpoints and enforce laws. The PNP has vowed to protect policemen on duty, and recently inked an agreement […]
