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Northeast monsoon affecting Luzon

Eastern sections of Visayas, Mindanao affected by easterlies (Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. PAGASA said Visayas, and Palawan including Kalayaan Group of Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to the easterlies and localized thunderstorms. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers  will also […]

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Homes evacuated as cyclone threatens India

PUDUCHERRY, India (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people in southeastern India fled their homes on Wednesday, out of the path of a cyclone due to slam coastal areas after midnight, bringing with it heavy rain. Nivar, classified as a very severe cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal in the north Indian Ocean, was expected to pack winds of 120 kilometres (75 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 145 kilometres per […]

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India’s southeastern coast braces for powerful cyclone

MAHABALIPURAM, India (AFP) — Local Indian authorities banned public gatherings and closed shops as more than 1,000 rescue personnel mobilized against a powerful cyclone barrelling towards the southeastern coast, bringing heavy rains and strong winds. Cyclone Nivar is set to cross the coasts of Tamil Nadu state and the small territory of Puducherry as a “very severe cyclonic storm” late Wednesday, the Indian Meteorological Department said. Parts of Andhra Pradesh, a coastal state north of […]

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Northeast monsoon affecting Luzon, Visayas

Eastern sections of Mindanao affected by tail-end of a frontal system  (Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the tail-end of a frontal system is also affecting the eastern sections of Mindanao. As a result, PAGASA said Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with rains. The rest of Visayas, Occidental Mindoro, and Palawan including Kalayaan Islands, on the other hand, will have […]

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Northeast monsoon affecting extreme N. Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result,  Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. PAGASA said Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. The weather bureau said this was due to localized thunderstorms. Floods or landslides during severe […]

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Heavy rains kill five in Colombia, six missing

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Floods caused by a particularly intense rainy season have killed at least five people and left six others missing in northwestern Colombia, authorities said Wednesday. A ravine near the city of Cucuta had overflowed and caused flooding “that devastated everything in its path,” the South American country’s disaster risk agency said. More than 200 nearby homes, mostly in poor neighborhoods, were damaged. The flooding brings the death toll from more than […]

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Iota, weakened but deadly, rips through Central America

by AFP bureaus SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — Storm Iota killed at least ten people as it smashed homes, uprooted trees and swamped roads during its destructive advance across Central America, authorities said, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated parts of the region. Iota, which made landfall in Nicaragua as a “catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane Monday, left six dead in the country, including two children who were trying to cross a river in […]

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Iota downgraded to tropical storm after tearing through Nicaragua, Honduras

by Julia RIOS BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) — Nicaraguans picked through the broken remains of their hurricane-ravaged homes Tuesday, while Iota was downgraded to a tropical storm as it continued its advance across Central America — just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated parts of the region. Iota became the only Atlantic hurricane this year to reach Category 5 status — the maximum level on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale — soon before it made landfall in […]

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Hurricane Iota weakens to Category 4 on approach to Honduras

by Julia RIOS BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) — Iota weakened slightly to a Category 4 hurricane Monday as it barreled towards Honduras, threatening to deliver more drenching rains and fierce winds to areas devastated by a powerful storm just two weeks ago. Authorities had been rushing to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas of Nicaragua and Honduras, in the immediate path of the maximum-level hurricane. The storm had already left one person dead as it […]

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Hurricane Iota, maximum Cat 5 strength, makes landfall in Nicaragua

by Julia RIOS BILWI, Nicaragua (AFP) — Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a “catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane Monday, threatening to deliver more drenching rains and fierce winds to areas devastated by a powerful storm just two weeks ago. Authorities had been rushing to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas of Nicaragua and Honduras, in the immediate path of the maximum-level hurricane. The storm had already left one person dead as it swept the […]

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Thunderstorm advisory raised over parts of Mindanao

(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds s are expected to affect portions of Davao Oriental and Davao de Oro within the next 30 minutes to two hours. PAGASA said these were due to thunderstorms. The same conditions are being experienced over Surigao del Sur (Cortes, Tandag, Bayabas, Cagwait, San Agustin) and may […]

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Northeast monsoon affects N. Luzon

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with rains as a result. Floods or landslides due to light to moderate rains are possible. Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly  cloudy to cloudy skies […]

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