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(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Salome” slightly intensified on Thursday as it moved toward Ticlao Island in Masbate. In its 11 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said there will be moderate to heavy rainfall within the 250-kilometer diameter of “Salome.” As of 10 a.m., PAGASA said the center of “Salome,” which is packing maximum winds of up to 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to […]
DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — At least 27 people have died and nearly two dozen are missing after Typhoon Damrey barrelled into Vietnam, authorities said Sunday, damaging tens of thousands of homes and submerging highways days before the country welcomes world leaders to the APEC summit. The storm, which made landfall on Saturday, is the worst in decades to strike the country’s southern coastal region, an area normally spared the typhoons that typically hit further […]
(Eagle News) – The low pressure area southwest of Masbate City has developed into a tropical depression and was named “Ramil,” prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Services Administration to place Metro Manila, Bicol, CALABARZON and MIMAROPA under signal number 1. The country’s weather bureau forecast the estimated amount of rainfall from “moderate to occasionally heavy rains within the 200 kilometer diameter of the tropical depression.” It has maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Two people were killed in northern Germany Thursday as fierce winds toppled trees onto cars, while the intense storm also forced the cancellation of many train services. Police in Hamburg said a woman was killed when a tree fell on her car, while first responders brought another woman to the hospital with serious injuries. A truck driver was killed by a falling tree on the main road in northeastern state Mecklenburg-Western […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A pair of devastating earthquakes and Tropical Storm Lidia in Mexico killed more than 400 people and toppled 150,000 houses and other buildings and structures, authorities said Wednesday. The damage included almost 12,000 ruined schools to the tune of 717 million dollars. And that was in addition to 1,500 national monument structures worth about $440 million dollars. All three disasters hit in September. “The raw, preliminary numbers cross over from homes, to monuments, […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical Storm “Maring” is now traversing the West Philippine Sea and is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) tonight. All storm warning signals have been lifted by the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, as “Maring” continues to move away at a west northwest direction at 15 kilometers per hour. Maring has maintained its strength with maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of […]
(Eagle News) — Signal No. 1 has been hoisted over several areas in northern Luzon as Tropical Depression “Kiko” maintained its strength on Monday evening. In its recent bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services said the signal was now over the Babuyan Group of Islands, Batanes, Ilocos Norte and Apayao. Sea travel is cancelled in these areas as rains are expected. Pagasa said the center of “Kiko” was now estimated at 355 kilometers […]
(Eagle News) — A low pressure area last spotted over Aurora has developed into a tropical depression, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services said on Monday. Pagasa said in its 5 p.m. bulletin that Tropical Depression “Kiko” was formed around 2 p.m., and that its center was last seen 490 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora. Kiko–which packs 55 kilometers per hour winds, and gusts of up to 65 kph— is the first typhoon in the country […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical storm Jolina has accelerated and re-intensified as it continues to move in a west northwest direction, and is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Saturday night (August 26) As of 11 a.m., Saturday, only four northern Luzon provinces have storm warning signals. They are Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, La Union, and Abra all under public storm warning signal number 1. All other warning signals elsewhere had […]
(Eagle News) — Expect heavy rains in the eastern coast of Central and Northern Luzon on Friday night, as Tropical Storm “Jolina” (international name “Pakhar) intensified. According to Nikos Penaranda, weather specialist at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services, as of 7 a.m., “Jolina” was located 210 kilometers southeast of Casiguran, Aurora, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 80 kph near the center, and with gustiness of up to 95 kph, “much higher” […]
(Eagle News) – Classes in all levels, both public and private, have been declared in several areas in Metro Manila and nearby Rizal on Tuesday (August 22) because of continuous rains since Monday due to Tropical Storm “Isang” (international name Hato) which had enhanced the southwest monsoon. The following areas have already declared class suspensions in all levels, both public and private: Quezon City Caloocan City Marikina Manila Navotas Malabon Pasay City Valenzuela City Pateros […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical storm Huaning (international name Haitang) has slightly weakened and is about to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, on Monday, July 31. But it said that rainfall is still expected to be moderate to heavy especially within 400 kilometers of the storm’s diameter. As of 4 a.m. today, the center of tropical storm “Huaning” was estimated at 525 kilometers north northwest of […]
