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by Sebastien Duval with Leila Macor in Myrtle Beach Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — A woman and her baby were killed when a tree fell on their house and at least two other storm-related deaths were reported on Friday as Hurricane Florence slammed into the Carolinas, dousing the eastern US states with torrential rain and causing rivers to burst their banks. Hundreds of people needed to be rescued after becoming trapped […]
(Eagle News) — More areas are now under Signal No. 4 as “Ompong” moves closer to the Cagayan province on Friday night, Sept. 14. In its 11 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 10 p.m., the eye of the typhoon was located 190 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. “Ompong” is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 205 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of […]
(Eagle News) — Over 4,800 passengers have been stranded in different ports across the country due to Typhoon “Ompong.” Below is a list of stranded passengers posted by the Philippine Coast Guard in its Facebook account as of 8 a.m.: The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Ompong” will make landfall over northern Luzon on Saturday, but its effects will be felt as early as Friday, Sept. 14.
MYRTLE BEACH, United States (AFP)- With Hurricane Florence downgraded on Thursday from a Category Four to a Category Two storm, and then once again, around fifty people left the evacuation shelter in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. That was a bad idea, said Avair Vereen, a local nurse who had sought safety in the shelter with her seven children. “They say if you stay (home), it’s at your own risk,” she said, noting that emergency services […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Gordon gained strength as it moved steadily toward the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, on track to make landfall just east of New Orleans with hurricane force winds. Authorities declared a state of emergency in the “Big Easy” — devastated in 2005 by mega Hurricane Katrina — as well as in Mississippi, and encouraged people living outside its levee system to evacuate voluntarily. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Six people have been killed by floodwaters in Taiwan, officials said Saturday, after days of heavy rain forced thousands to evacuate their homes. A tropical depression has been dumping torrential rain in central and southern Taiwan since Thursday, with some districts receiving close to 1,000 millimeters (39 inches) of rainfall. Six have died in the storm so far, according to government figures, including three who were killed by a falling […]
(Eagle News) — Hurricane Lane has weakened into a tropical storm as it continues to move slowly northward towards the Hawaiian Islands, according to the United States National Weather Service. As of August 24, 5 p.m., HST, Lane was moving northwest at 3 miles per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. “This slowing motion will allow for prolonged heavy rainfall and life-threatening inland flooding and landslides across the islands this […]
Another LPA monitored off Batanes (Eagle News)—-Tropical Depression “Luis” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Friday, Aug. 24. “Luis,” however, PAGASA said, will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon, bringing scattered moderate to heavy rains in Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands until this weekend. PAGASA is also monitoring a low pressure area 955 kilometers east northeast of […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring another weather system outside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. In its 4 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said that as of 3 a.m., the center of Tropical Storm “Leepi” was situated 1965 kilometers east northeast of extreme northern Luzon. “Leepi” is packing maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 95 kph, moving at a northwest direction […]
(Eagle News)—-Tropical Depression “Josie” is now traversing the Babuyan Group of Islands, moving in an east northeast direction slowly. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said that as of 1 a.m., the center of the tropical depression was situated 25 kilometers east southeast of Calayan, Cagayan. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 60 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 80 kilometers per hour. PAGASA predicts “Josie” will […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Inday” has slightly intensified as it moved east northeastward over the Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Thursday, July 19. In its 11 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said as of 10 a.m., the center of “Inday” was spotted 935 km east of Basco, Batanes. “Inday” is packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kilometers per hour, […]
