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Monday, July 24, 2023 | Time: 2:00 PM | Location: Visayas PRSD The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has issued Rainfall Advisory No. 16 for the Visayas PRSD (Regional Services Division) as the region experiences the combined impact of the Southwest Monsoon and Typhoon “#EgayPH.” As of 2:00 PM today, several areas in the Visayas region are affected by light to moderate rainfall, with intermittent heavy downpours ranging from 2.5 to 4.5 […]
Risk Levels in Visayas HUCs. Downward trends observed in Lapu Lapu, Ormoc, Tacloban, Bacolod, Cebu City, Iloilo City, Mandaue. The first three are at high risk while the latter four remained at very high risk. Wishing the best for Visayas. @dzbb @allangatus @DZAR1026 @dzrhnews pic.twitter.com/qjuMqR1qfr — Dr. Guido David (@iamguidodavid) February 2, 2022 (Eagle News) – A downward trend in Covid-19 cases has been observed in some cities in the Visayas region, but several […]
(Eagle News) — More areas in the country, particularly in Luzon and the Visayas regions, were placed under the higher Alert Level 3 following the noted increase in COVID-19 cases in these areas. Based on the latest resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force, certain areas from the Cordillera Administrative Region, and Regions 1 to 7, were escalated to Alert Level 3 that would take effect on Sunday, January 9 until January 15. These are […]
by Allison Jackson and Ron Lopez Agence France Presse The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surpassed 200 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food. The Philippine Red Cross reported “complete carnage” in coastal areas after Typhoon Rai left homes, hospitals and schools “ripped to shreds”. The storm tore off roofs, uprooted trees, toppled concrete power poles, smashed wooden houses to […]
NCR still the region with most no. of active cases at over 11k, according to DOH data (Eagle News) – New COVID-19 cases continued to rise as 7,228 new infections were reported on Sunday, June 6. This brought the number of total active cases to 59,997, or 4.7 percent of the total number of confirmed cases (1,269,478). On Saturday, June 5, there were 6,955 new Covid cases reported. It was even higher at 7,450 […]
(Update: as of 5 p.m. PAGASA bulletin) Metro Manila under signal no. 1, along with 15 other provinces in Luzon, Visayas (Eagle News) – Tropical storm Dante (international name Choi-wan) made six landfalls in the country, the latest was over Pola, Oriental Mindoro at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, June 2. The storm first made landfall over Sulat, Eastern Samar at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 1; the second landfall was over Cataingan, Masbate at 1 […]
DOH chief says NCR “not yet out of the woods” as 8.11 people infected per 100k of population (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Mindanao, while cases in Visayas are slightly increasing. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the DOH is focusing now on Mindanao as there are more cases reported in Mindanao than in Metro Manila where cases are now decreasing. “Bumibilis din naman […]
But Herbosa says COVID-19 infections in Visayas, MIndanao sharply rising (Eagle News) — National Task Force special adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa said he is recommending the shift to a less restrictive quarantine classification for Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal or the so-called NCR (National Capital Region) plus areas. Herbosa explained that cases in the NCR plus areas are already declining. Most of the new cases are happening outside of the NCR plus areas, […]
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 […]
(Eagle News)–An Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Palawan, Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, and Zamboanga Peninsula as a result will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due, not only […]
(Eagle News) — Japan continued to help the Philippines amid the virus pandemic, as the Philippines and Japan signed two loan agreements worth a combined P75.5 billion (about 154 billion yen) for two big-ticket projects in the Visayas and Mindanao under the “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program. The loan agreements were signed on Tuesday, June 16, as the approval of the loans for the two projects were fast-tracked through high-level consultations between the Philippines […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Ambo” has made landfall over Burias Island in Masbate at 3 a.m. Friday morning, the fifth landfall since Thursday, as “Ambo” continued to weaken, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA. PAGASA said that typhoon “Ambo” is forecast to move towards Ragay Gulf before it is expected to make landfall again over the Bondoc Peninsula in Southern Quezon this morning. So far, typhoon “Ambo” has already made five landfalls as […]
