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SALALAH, Oman (AFP) — Oman said Friday that Cyclone Mekunu, which wreaked havoc in the Yemeni island of Socotra, has intensified into category 2 as it bore down on the south of the sultanate. “Latest observations show that tropical Cyclone Mekunu has intensified to category 2,” with high wind speeds, Oman’s Directorate General of Meteorology said on Twitter. The centre said in its latest warning that the eye of Mekunu was expected to hit Salalah, the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 2000 passengers were stranded in Visayas and Mindanao due to tropical storm “Agaton.” The Philippine Coast Guard reported that most of the 2, 300 passengers were in northern Mindanao and southeastern Mindanao,with 1,910 affected passengers. The ports in Central and Eastern Visayas had 398 stranded passengers. https://youtu.be/bWWthEy62r4
(Eagle News)– Tropical Depression “Agaton” slightly accelerated as it prepares to make landfall over Dinagat Island on Monday night. As of 10 p.m., the center of “Agaton” was estimated at 80 kilometers east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte. “Agaton” was packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 60 kilometers per hour, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. It is forecast to […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The death toll from a storm that unleashed landslides and floods across the southern Philippines has climbed to 240 with scores of others still missing, officials said Monday. Tropical Storm Tembin (Vinta) on Friday struck the country’s main southern island of Mindanao, which often escapes the 20 or so storms that batter the rest of the archipelago nation each year. Civil defence officials said the number of confirmed deaths from Tembin […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakahanda ang United Nations (UN) na tumulong sa mga biktima ng bagyong “Vinta” sa Mindanao. Ipinarating ni UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ang kanyang pakikiramay sa libu-libong naapektuhan ng kalamidad. Ayon kay Guterres, hiling niya ang mabilis na pagbangon ng mga biktima mula sa trahedya. Sinaluduhan din ng Secretary General ang mga pagkilos na isinasagawa ng rescue and recovery teams at maging ng mga volunteers sa kabila ng mga […]
(Eagle News) — “Vinta” has intensified into a typhoon as it approaches the western boundary of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the eye of “Vinta” was seen 355 kilometers south southeast of Pagasa Island in Palawan. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 145 kilometers per hour. It is forecast to move west at 25 […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Vinta” further weakened as it moved toward the Misamis Occidental-Zamboanga del Norte area on Friday afternoon. In its 2 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the center of “Vinta” was in the vicinity of Marawi City in Lanao del Sur as of 1 p.m. The tropical storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 110 […]
MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isinailalim na sa code blue ng Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (PDRRMD) ang buong lalawigan ng Misamis Oriental simula ngayong araw. Ito ay dahil sa inaahasang pag-landfall ng bagyong “Vinta” mamayang gabi o bukas. Ayon kay Misamis Oriental PDRRMD Chief Fernando Dy Jr., naka alerto na ang buong lalawigan dahil nakataas na sa lalawigan ang public storm signal number 1. Inaabisuhan na rin aniya ang lahat ng […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Urduja” continued to move westward on Thursday night, bringing rains over Eastern Samar. In its 8 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 7 p.m., the center of “Urduja” was estimated at 85 kilometers east southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The tropical storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kilometers per hour, […]
(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 […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Typhoon Saola barreled towards Japan’s southernmost Okinawa island chain on Saturday bringing heavy rain as authorities issued a warning for strong winds and landslides. The storm came less than a week after Typhoon Lan left five dead, one missing and scores injured. Saola was moving 60 kilometres (37 miles) southwest of Okinawa’s capital Naha at 11 am (0200 GMT), packing gusts of up to 162 kilometres per hour, Japan’s weather agency […]
