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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A tropical cyclone that pounded Indonesia’s main island of Java has killed 41 people, the country’s disaster agency said Wednesday, more than double the initial toll, with tens of thousands displaced by severe flooding and landslides. Among the victims of Cyclone Cempaka were 25 people killed by a single landslide in east Java last week, the agency said. The initial cyclone death toll was 19. Some 28,000 people have been […]
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia’s army and emergency workers headed to areas hardest-hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday (March 29), finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns. No deaths were reported. Debbie ripped a trail of destruction through northeast Australia on Tuesday (March 28) as a category four storm, one rung below the most dangerous wind speed level, before being gradually downgraded through the night to a […]
QUEENSLAND, Australia (Reuters) –Residents of the town of Airlie Beach in north Queensland, Australia, began filling sand bags on Monday (March 27) in preparation for Cyclone Debbie, forecast to make landfall early the next day. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the storm will strengthen to a Category Four, with winds forecast to reach up to 300 km per hour (185 mph). State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk warned it would be the most powerful storm to […]
By Byron Kaye PERTH, Australia Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:48pm EDT (Reuters) – A tropical cyclone was threatening to hamper the search for a missing Malaysian jetliner in a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean on Monday, as a submarine drone neared the end of its mission scouring the sea bed with still no sign of wreckage. The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished on March 8 with 239 people on board, has […]
The northeast monsoon will continue to bring in cold mornings according to PAGASA. The temperatures slight increase in the past two days is caused by winds coming from the Pacific bringing a short break in the cold weather. Fair weather is expected in the next five days but a cyclone may enter the country this month and will be named “Caloy”.
