Tag: rains

Cloudy skies, rain showers still expected today, July 8

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country today, July 8. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The weather bureau said this was due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro […]

Cloudy skies, rain showers expected in PHL due to ITCZ

(Eagle News) — The Inter-tropical Convergence Zone is affecting parts of Visayas and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in Palawan, Mindanao, and Eastern and Central Visayas as a result. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila  will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. PAGASA […]

ITCZ affecting Mindanao: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, Davao Region and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The weather bureau said flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the […]

PAGASA: “Emong” may make landfall in vicinity of Batanes-Babuyan Islands this afternoon or tonight

(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Emong” has maintained its strength as it continues to move closer towards the Batanes and Babuyan Islands area. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Signal No. 1 remains raised over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gonzaga) including Babuyan Islands, with the center of Tropical Depression “Emong”was estimated  315 km east of Aparri, Cagayan. So far, it is packing maximum sustained winds of […]

Signal No. 1 raised over Batanes, northeastern portion of Cagayan as LPA develops into TD “Emong”

(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 has been raised over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Cagayan including the Babuyan Group of Islands with the low pressure area off  Samar now  a tropical depression. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Emong,” as it is called, was so far situated 700 kilometers east northeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar or 790 kilometers northeast of Catarman, Northern Samar. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph […]

PAGASA monitoring two low pressure areas

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring two low pressure areas. PAGASA said one of them was spotted 815 km east of Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The other, it said, was situated 120 km east of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. The weather bureau said Metro Manila, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA. Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers […]

19 missing, homes swept away in Japan landslide after heavy rain

  by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A huge landslide swept away homes and left 19 people missing at a popular resort town in central Japan on Saturday after days of heavy rain, local officials said. Television footage showed a torrent of mud obliterating some buildings and burying others in Atami, southwest of Tokyo, with people running away as it crashed over a hillside road. “I heard a horrible sound and […]

PAGASA: Trough of LPA affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

(Eagle News) — The trough of a low pressure area is affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. As a result,, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, Visayas, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]

PAGASA: Southwest monsoon affecting extreme Northern Luzon

(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have the same conditions. Meanwhile, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over Mindanao due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone. According to the weather bureau, Southern […]

Cloudy skies and rain showers expected today

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, in particular, are expected over Caraga and Davao Region. PAGASA said these were due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the Philippines, on the […]

PAGASA: LPA enters PAR; cloudy skies, isolated rain showers expected due to southwest monsoon

(Eagle News) –A low pressure area entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility early Thursday, July 1. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said so far, the LPA was  situated 1365 kilometers east of extreme Northern Luzon. Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon is also affecting extreme Northern Luzon. According to PAGASA, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon and localized thunderstorms. The […]

Cloudy skies, rain showers expected today

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with rain showers are expected in parts of the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services said Metro Manila, in particular, will have partly cloudy skies to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. PAGASA said the conditions were due to the southwest monsoon affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have the same conditions also due to localized thunderstorms. According to […]