Tag: PAGASA

Meteor shower, masasaksihan sa April 22-23

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isa na namang space event ang masasaksihan sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng mundo. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), masasaksihan ang Lyrids Meteor Shower sa gabi ng Abril 22 hanggang madaling araw ng Abril 23. Mararating nito ang peak point sa pagitan ng 1:30 ng madaling araw. Paglalarawan pa ng PAGASA, ang mga meteor shower ay dulot ng maliit na bilang ng debris na naiwan at paulit-ulit […]

Tropical storm enters PAR, but PAGASA says “Caloy” will have no “direct effect” on PHL

(Eagle News) — A tropical storm has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. In a radio interview, Ariel Rojas, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, however, that Tropical Storm “Caloy,” with international name “Jelawat,” that entered PAR around 8 a.m. on Tuesday will not have a direct effect on the Philippines. He said the storm  will only make a stop in the eastern border of PAR. “Di natin nakikita na maglalandfall ang bagyo,” […]

LPA na binabantayan ng PAGASA, inaasahang papasok ngayong araw sa PAR

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Posibleng pumasok na ngayong araw sa Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) ang low pressure area o LPA na binabantayan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Ayon sa PAGASA, wala pa itong direktang epekto sa bansa ngayon at batay sa forecast track hindi rin magla-landfall sa kahit anong bahagi ng kalupaan. Sakaling maging ganap na tropical depression, tatawagin itong ‘Caloy.’ Samantala patuloy ang pag-iral ng northeast monsoon o hanging […]

PAGASA: Tropical depression approaching PHL

  (Eagle News) – The low pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has intensified into a tropical depression, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday. PAGASA said the tropical depression spotted 1,740 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 65 kilometers per hour. Moving west northwest, it is […]

Mas mahabang araw at maigsing gabi, asahan na dahil sa vernal equinox

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Asahan na ang mas mahabang araw at maigsing gabi dahil sa vernal equinox. Ito ay kilala rin sa tawag na spring equinox, kung saan direktang naka-tutok ang araw sa equator at halos pantay lang ang haba ng araw at gabi. Nagsimula ang vernal equinox nitong Miyerkules, Marso 21 , na siyang simula ng spring sa northern hemisphere at autumn sa southern hemisphere. Samantala sa lagay ng ating panahon, lumakas […]

Mainit at maalinsangang panahon mararanasan na sa buong bansa

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Maaliwalas na panahon ang mararanasan ngayong araw dahil walang anomang sama ng panahon na binabantayan sa loob at labas ng Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), easterlies ang umiiral ngayon sa eastern section ng bansa at maghahatid ito ng mainit at maalinsangang panahon. Aasahan din ang unti-unting pagtaas ng temperatura sa bansa. Kahapon, umabot sa 33.8 degrees celsius ang pinakamataas […]

La Niña to last until April or May, says PAGASA

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippines will experience the effects of the La Niña phenomenon until April or May.  This means there will be more than the usual amount of rain as well as a slightly hotter climate in the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that the northeasterly wind or “amihan” would end by March and that the easterly winds will be felt simultaneous to a dry season […]

“Basyang” death toll rises to nine

The death toll from “Basyang” has risen to nine, officials said Wednesday, as some of the thousands of displaced residents returned home with floods receding. Landslides and flash floods brought by the storm struck Mindanao on Tuesday and killed eight people, the civil defense office in the region said, doubling its earlier figure of four deaths. “Most of the floods have subsided and all roads are now passable, but we have two people still missing […]

TD “Basyang” continues to move toward southern Palawan; may make landfall over province tonight

Tropical depression expected to exit PAR on Friday morning (Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Basyang” continues to move toward southern Palawan and may make landfall there tonight, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said that as of 7 a.m., the center of “Basyang” was found 255 kilometers south of Cuyo, Palawan or 310 kilometers west southwest of Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The tropical depression is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 […]

Police: 4 dead as “Basyang” slams into Mindanao east coast

Four people were killed in the southern part of the country early Tuesday as “Basyang” unleashed heavy rain and triggered deadly landslides, police said. The storm slammed the east coast of  Mindanao Tuesday with gusts of 75 kilometers (47 miles) an hour. The heavy rain triggered landslides that hit mountain villages outside the mining town of Carrascal — 760 kilometers south of the capital Manila — killing four people, municipal police chief James Alendogao told […]

“Basyang” weakens as it continues to traverse Bohol Sea

(Eagle News) — “Basyang” has slightly weakened as it continues to traverse Bohol Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. As of 4 p.m., PAGASA said the  tropical depression–with its center located 25 kilometers southeast of Tagbilaran in Bohol–was packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 65 kph. It is forecast to move west at 27 kilometers per hour. Signal Number one […]

Tropical Storm “Basyang” makes landfall over Cortes, Surigao del Sur

(Eagle News)– Tropical Storm “Basyang”  made landfall over Cortes, Surigao Del Sur on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said the tropical storm made landfall there at 9:15 a.m. As of 8 a.m., Signal Number 2 has been hoisted over Bohol, Southern Cebu, Siquijor, Negros Oriental, southern Negros Occidental, Southern Leyte, Dinagat Island, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, and […]