Tag: Typhoon

East China battens down as Typhoon In-Fa approaches

  NINGBO, China (AFP) — Typhoon In-Fa lashed eastern China with high winds and heavy rain on Sunday as other parts of the country were still cleaning up following historic flooding. Sea, air and rail traffic was shut down across a swathe of China’s east coast with In-Fa expected to make landfall near the major shipping port of Ningbo sometime late Sunday afternoon or early evening. The typhoon’s effects were felt Sunday morning in the […]

3 dead, 10 injured after typhoon Bising onslaught in PHL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKrcqfzvP6c     (Eagle News) – Typhoon Bising left at least three persons dead and 10 injured, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Among the fatalities was a 47-year old woman from Catmon, Cebu, and a 79-year old male from Southern Leyte. At least 10 have been reported injured, while one is reported in missing in San Jose, Northern Samar. The number of affected families reached 59,098 or 229,829 individuals from […]

Interview: NDRRMC spokesperson: Over 68k preemptively evacuated in preparation for Bising worst case scenario

NDRRMC still assessing typhoon damage, verifying injured and reported casualties https://youtu.be/tZx34OPtis8 (Eagle News) — Over 68,000 individuals or more than 18,400 families have been preemptively evacuated in preparation for a worst-case scenario on typhoon Bising, said National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Mark Timbal. Timbal, in the interview over the Eagle News Service program, Balitalakayan, aired on NET 25 Tuesday, April 20, said that the NDRRMC is still assessing the damage so far […]

Bising weakens as it moves slowly north; only Catanduanes, east CamSur, NE Albay under signal no. 2

Typhoon forecast to gradualy weaken into a severe tropical storm by Saturday, and exit PHL by Sunday   (Eagle News) Typhoon Bising (international name Surigae) has further weakened as it continues to move slowly northward with gusts of up to 215 kilometers per hour. As of PAGASA’s 5 a.m. bulletin on Tuesday, April 20, only Catanduanes, eastern portion of Camarines Sur, and the northeastern portion of Albay in Luzon remain under tropical cyclone wind signal […]

Typhoon Bising slightly weakens but still powerful with 240 km/hr gusts; more areas under Signal no. 2

Bising still veering away from Luzon, won’t hit landmass – PAGASA   (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Bising” (international name Surigae) slightly weakened on Sunday and on Monday morning, April 19, turned north northwestward over the Philippine Sea east of Catanduanes, continuing its forecast track of veering away from the Luzon landmass until it exits the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Bising, however, is still powerful, even at its slightly weakened state, with maximum sustained winds […]

Typhoon “Bising” maintains strength but not likely to make landfall based on forecast track

PAGASA’s forecast scenario says signal no. 2 only the highest wind signal that typhoon will reach in PHL if it maintains its northwestward track   (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Bising” (international name Surigae) maintained its strength and is expected to bring heavy to intense rains over Eastern Visayas and Bicol region, but is not expected to make landfall as its forecast track shows it would veer away from the Luzon landmass, according to PAGASA. But […]

Typhoon “Bising” decelerates but maintains strength, forecast to weaken in the next few days – PAGASA

Bising could veer away from Luzon landmass by Wednesday evening, says PAGASA forecast; Signal no. 2 still over Catanduanes and Samar provinces as of Sunday (Eagle News) — Typhoon Bising slightly decelerated over the Philippine Sea east of Northern Samar, moving at 15 kilometers per hour, while maintaining its strength of maximum sustained winds of 215 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 265 km/h. Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 2 remains hoisted […]

Typhoon Bising accelerates; Catanduanes and Samar provinces placed under signal no. 2

Heavy rains forecast starting Sunday, April 18   (Eagle News) — Catanduanes in Luzon, and Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Samar in Visayas were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 on Saturday at 5 p.m., as typhoon “Bising” (international name Surigae) slighly accelerated while moving west northwestward over the Philippine Sea. At 4 p.m. Saturday, April 17, the eye of typhoon Bising was at 460 kilometers east of Guian, Eastern Samar, moving west […]

Expansive typhoon “Bising” further intensifies; Signal no. 1 up in more Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao areas

But PAGASA says typhoon’s heavy rains to be felt starting tomorrow, Sunday, as Bising’s eye moves closer and its peak intensity is reached   (Eagle News) — More areas from Luzon to Mindanao were placed under signal no. 1 as typhoon “Bising” (international name SURIGAE) the country’s first typhoon this year, continued to rapidly intensify while moving west-northwestward over the Philippine Sea, with maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour and gusts of up […]

PAGASA: “Bising” now a typhoon but is still not directly causing severe weather in PHL

(Eagle News) — “Bising” has intensified into a typhoon. In its 11 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Bising” however, which is located 960 kilometers east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, is not directly causing any severe weather over any portion of the country. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kilometers per hour, and is […]

Roque: Pres. Duterte has reason for outburst against Robredo; presents tweets from VP’s family

Robredo’s camp dismisses allegations, says they’re just working to help typhoon victims   (Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s outburst against Vice-President Leni Robredo had grounds, presenting a statement by her spokesperson and alleged tweets from her family members. He said that for this reason Duterte would not apologize to Robredo accusing her camp and the opposition as behind the #NasaanAngPangulo tweets at the height of typhoon Ulysses. The […]

Typhoon Ulysses death toll reaches 73; affected population over 3.5 million

(Eagle News) – The number of deaths due to Typhoon Ulysses has reached 73, with 19 more persons missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). As of its latest update on Thursday, Nov. 19, the NDRRMC said that the fatalities were from Cagayan Valley, CALABARZON, Bicol region, and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). The number of affected persons on the other hand reached more than 3.5 million or 835,599 families from […]