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Updated: SW monsoon affecting western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

LPA spotted over coastal waters of Romblon (Eagle News) –The country’s weather bureau said that the southwest monsoon continue to affect the western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, in a bulletin released Thursday morning, Oct. 8. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration also noted a low pressure area (LPA) situated over the coastal waters of Concepcion, Romblon or 90 km East Northeast of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, in a bulletin released […]

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Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico’s Caribbean coast

by Yussel Gonzalez CANCUN, Mexico (AFP) — Hurricane Delta tore across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Wednesday, toppling trees, ripping down power lines and lashing a string of major beach resorts with winds of up to 110 miles (175 kilometers) per hour. There were widespread power outages after Delta slammed into the country’s Caribbean coast as a Category 2 storm, having lost some of its earlier strength. But the region appeared to have escaped major destruction and […]

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Rainfall advisory hoisted over parts of Luzon, Visayas

(Eagle News)–A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate rains are being experienced over Abra (Licuan-Baay, Luba, Sallapadan and Tubo), Apayao (Calanasan and Luna), Cagayan (Alcala, Amulung, Enrile, Piat, Solana, Tuao and Tuguegarao City), Isabela (Cabagan, Ilagan City, Mallig, Quezon, SanPablo and Tumauini), Kalinga, and Mountain Province (Paracelis). PAGASA said these may persist for one to two hours. In […]

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PAGASA monitoring severe tropical storm outside PAR, LPA off Camarines Norte

(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical  Services Administration is monitoring a severe tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said it is also monitoring a low pessure area  230 km east southeast of Daet, Camarines Norte or 85 km east of Virac, Catanduanes. PAGASA said Severe Tropical Storm “Chan-Hom” is not expected to enter PAR. So far, it is  estimated based 1,515 km east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained […]

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Powerful hurricane nears Mexico’s Caribbean coast

by Alejandro Castro with Natalia Cano in Mexico City CANCUN, Mexico (AFP) — An “extremely dangerous” hurricane bore down on Mexico’s Caribbean coast Tuesday, triggering the mobilization of thousands of soldiers and the evacuation of residents and tourists in a string of top beach resorts. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified in the Caribbean to reach Category 4 status, the second-highest, and was on course to hit the Yucatan Peninsula by early Wednesday, US forecasters said. Delta […]

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Storms devastate rice paddies in Italy’s ‘golden triangle’

by Francesco Gilioli with Ella Ide in Rome PALESTRO, Italy (AFP) — With a deafening roar, the swollen Sesia river swept down the Alpine valley in northern Italy to engulf the plains below, drowning the country’s so-called “golden triangle” of rice paddies in mud. Storms at the weekend, when the region was lashed by half the yearly average rainfall in just one day, dealt a severe blow to Europe’s biggest rice producer, flooding the marshy […]

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Hurricane Delta threatens Mexico, southern United States

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tropical storm Delta strengthened into a hurricane Monday in the Caribbean, and is expected to intensify as it passes over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and into the southern United States. Hurricane Delta was packing maximum sustained winds of 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour as it moved southwest of Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm was heading towards the US Gulf Coast at seven miles per hour, the […]

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Six dead as storm causes floods, landslides in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — At least six people died and thousands were forced from their homes as a tropical storm triggered floods and landslides in southeastern Mexico over the weekend, the authorities said. The victims included two women and two children whose home was buried in a mountainous area in the state of Chiapas, the civil defense said in a statement. Two other people died in Tabasco state, where Tropical Storm Gamma caused severe […]

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France, Italy step up rescue efforts after floods

by Chloe Fabre with Vincenzo Pinto in Garessio, Italy SAINT-MARTIN-VERSUBIE, France (AFP) — French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts Sunday after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people. Others remained unaccounted for on the French side of the border after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the area, washing away roads and houses, cutting off entire villages and triggering […]

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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 are expected in Zamboanga City,  Cotabato City, Maguindanao (Parang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Datu Blah T. Sinsuat), Lanao del Sur (Malabang, Balabagan, Kapatagan), and Sarangani (Kiamba)  within 30 minutes to 2 hours. The same conditions are being experienced in Moro Gulf,  Sulu, Tawi tawi, Zamboanga del Norte […]

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Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades: study

SANTIAGO Chile (AFP) — The year 2020 is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile out Friday found. Between January and August, temperatures reached between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius (35.6 and 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit) on the peninsula, which is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica, according to researchers at the Chilean Air Force’s Frei Base on King George Island. Those temperatures are […]

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PAGASA monitoring tropical depression outside PAR

2 LPAs also spotted (Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression outside of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said the tropical cyclone located 1900 kilometers east of extreme Northern Luzon was apart from the two low pressure areas the bureau was monitoring. One LPA was estimated 420 kilometers east of Virac, while the other was located 395 kilometers west of Sangley Point in Cavite. The southwest monsoon, […]

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