(Eagle News) — These pictures taken by Sarah Ejorcadas show floodwaters engulfing roads as torrential rains pounded Taiwan in recent days. Taiwan experiences around 2,500 millimeters per year of rainfall. Much of the rainfall comes from typhoons.
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Brace yourself: 10 to 13 typhoons to enter PHL, says PAGASA
(Eagle News) – The weather bureau has officially announced the start of the rainy season. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that 10 up to 13 typhoons were expected to develop and enter the country until November. Esperanza Cayanan, weather service chief of PAGASA, said that by next month alone, the country would have two to four typhoons. Two to three typhoons are expected to enter the country by the months […]
$129B in extreme weather losses last year: climate report
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse Extreme weather caused some $129 billion (111 billion euros) in economic losses last year, said a report Tuesday that warned the bill will keep climbing as climate change boosts droughts, storms and floods. There was a 46-percent increase in weather disasters from 2010 to 2016, with 797 “extreme” events recorded last year, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal. These “resulted in $129 billion in overall […]
Two typhoons enter PAR
(Eagle News) — Two typhoons have entered the Philippine area of responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In an advisory, Pagasa said “Lannie” was located 1370 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan as of 4 p.m. “Maring,” on the other hand, a low pressure area that has developed into a tropical depression, is situated 300 km east of Infanta, Quezon as of the same time. Although “Lannie” does not have a […]
ADB warns climate change ‘disastrous’ for Asia
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be “disastrous” for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic growth that has helped it make vast inroads against poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Friday. A continued reliance on fossil fuels will see the world’s most populous region face prolonged heat waves, rising sea levels, and changing rainfall patterns that will disrupt the ecosystem, damage livelihoods and possibly even […]
