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Over 140,000 people were forced into cramped shelters as a powerful typhoon hammered the Philippines on Friday, compounding the nation’s battle with the coronavirus pandemic. Typhoon Ambo (international name Vongfong) has dumped heavy rains since it roared ashore on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in its path on the coast or in flimsy homes. The storm hit as tens of millions of Filipinos are hunkered down at home against the coronavirus, but […]
(Eagle News) — In this series of videos taken by Eagle News Service correspondent Jomike Solasco starting 10 a.m. of Tuesday, Dec. 3, until 10:25 a.m. of that same day, the strength of Typhoon Kammuri’s (TisoyPH) winds and rains can be seen intensifying as it nears landfall in Oriental Mindoro. This video was taken in Socorro, Oriental Mindoro. Typhoon Kammuri with its local name, Tisoy, made landfall over Naujan, Oriental Mindoro at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, […]
(Eagle News)–“Tisoy” has made landfall in Marinduque and is now heading towards the Batangas-northern Oriental Mindoro area. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Tisoy” was so far estimated 55 kilometers east of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 150 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 205 kph. It has slightly weakened as it moves westward at 25 kph. PAGASA said Signal No. 3 is […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Tisoy” has made landfall in Sorsogon and has slightly intensified, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, “Tisoy” was last spotted in the coastal waters of Gubat, packing maximum sustained winds of 175 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 240 kph. It is moving west at 15 kph. PAGASA said Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines Norte, Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands, Romblon, and […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon Rosita (Yutu) has made landfall in Dinapigue, Isabela as of 5 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30, with maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 210 kph. Ten provinces in Luzon were placed under signal number 3. They are Isabela, Quirino, Northern Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Benguet, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province and Pangasinan. Twelve more areas in Luzon were under signal […]
by Hiroshi HIYAMA / Richard CARTER Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon sliced through Japan after making landfall Sunday evening, injuring dozens, halting transport, and bringing fierce winds and torrential rain to areas already battered by a string of recent extreme weather episodes. Typhoon Trami sparked travel disruption in the world’s third-biggest economy, with bullet train services suspended, more than 1,000 flights canceled and Tokyo’s evening train services scrapped. National broadcaster […]
WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina at 7:15 am (1115 GMT) on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said. “Hurricane Florence made landfall minutes ago,” NHC Director Ken Graham said in a Facebook Live video. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — Sixteen people have so far been evacuated ahead of Typhoon Ompong’s forecast landfall in the northern tip of Cagayan on Saturday, Sept. 15, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. According to Edgar Posadas, NDRRMC spokesperson, the four families from Rizal, Kalinga were evacuated to Tabuc, Kalinga. “As of 6 a.m. ito, so madadagdagan pa ito,” he said. So far, he said the NDDRMC and its regional councils were already […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Hurricane Irma made landfall as a maximum-strength Category Five storm late Friday, US forecasters said, after leaving a trail of death and destruction on a string of Caribbean islands. At 0300 GMT, the monster storm had made landfall on the communist island’s Camaguey Archipelago, with the eye of the storm just 190 kilometers (120 miles) east-southeast of the Cuban city of Caibarien, and 300 miles south-southeast of Miami, according to the […]
CHINA (Reuters) – Typhoon Merbok, the second typhoon of the year, made landfall on the coast of Shenzhen City in south China’s Guangdong Province on Monday night, moving northward at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. The typhoon brought strong gales to the Dapeng Peninsula where it made landfall at around 23:00 on Monday, with waves of up to five meters high seen belting a pier. Local maritime authorities had earlier banned all ships […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Severe Cyclone Mora hit Bangladesh Tuesday packing winds of up to 117 kilometers per hour (73mph) after authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from low-lying coastal villages. The storm made landfall on the coast between Cox’s Bazar and the main port city of Chittagong at 6:00 am (0000 GMT), the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said in a special weather bulletin. © Agence France-Presse
AYR, Australia (AFP) — Cyclone Debbie made landfall in northeast Australia Tuesday, with lashing rain and howling winds battering the area as local towns went into lockdown. The category four storm — on a scale of five — began crossing the Queensland state coast, packing destructive wind gusts of up to 270 kph (167 miles) near its wide core, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
