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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 over portions of Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga City, Basilan, and Sulu within the next one to two hours. These conditions, PAGASA said, are being experienced in portions of Misamis Oriental (Magsaysay, Medina, Talisayan, Kinoguitan, Sugbongcogon, Binuangan, Salay, Lagonglong, Balingasag, Gitagum), […]

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PAGASA monitoring LPA off Southern Luzon

(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Southern Luzon. PAGASA said as of 3 a.m., the LPA was located 965 kilometers east of the island group Luzon. It is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Bicol Region and Samar provinces will have cloudy  skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of the LPA. Flashfloods or landslides during severe […]

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Weird weather: Colorado goes from solar to polar in 24 hours

DENVER, United States (AFP) — Coloradans were ditching the suntan lotion Tuesday and pulling out warm gloves and boots as the western US state went from blazing summer heat to snowfall in just one day. In the state capital Denver, the temperature was around 91 degrees Fahrenheit (33 Celsius) on Monday afternoon. By Tuesday morning it had dropped to 36F, and it could cool further as the day wears on, forecasters say. “Drastic change to […]

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ITCZ affecting Mindanao, PAGASA says

(Eagle News)–The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Western Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of Visayas, Palawan, and Occidental Mindoro, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms also due to localized thunderstorms. PAGASA said due to thunderstorms, a thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. Moderate to […]

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N. Korea’s Kim orders thousands to help typhoon recovery

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered 12,000 elite members of his ruling party based in Pyongyang to help with recovery efforts in two rural provinces lashed by a powerful typhoon, state media reported Sunday. Typhoon Maysak brought days of heavy downpours to the country’s east coast earlier this week even as the North was still reeling from earlier flooding and typhoon damage, and another storm is forecast to […]

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Typhoon hits South Korea after sparking landslides in Japan

by Sunghee HWANG with Charly TRIBALLEAU in Kagoshima, JAPAN SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A powerful typhoon lashed South Korea on Monday after smashing into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that left four people missing in a landslide. Half a million people were without power after Typhoon Haishen roared past Japan’s southern-most main island of Kyushu, ripping off roofs and dumping half a metre (20 inches) of water in just a day. […]

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Typhoon Haishen heads to South Korea after slamming Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan (AFP) — Powerful Typhoon Haishen approached South Korea on Monday after slamming southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that prompted evacuation warnings for millions. On Monday morning, initial assessments suggested the storm had done less damage than feared, though hundreds of thousands of homes were left without power across much of Japan’s southern Kyushu island. At 7 am, the typhoon was 30 kilometres (around 20 miles) north of Tsushima island and […]

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Southwest monsoon affecting the western section of Luzon, PAGASA says

(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly  cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, also due to localized thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Northern Luzon, PAGASA said, will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. The rest of Luzon, Visayas […]

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Thunderstorm advisory hoisted over parts of N. Luzon

(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Cagayan (Alcala, Ballesteros, Camalanuigan, Gattaran and Rizal), and Isabela (Divilacan and Ilagan City) within 30 minutes to an hour. Meanwhile, moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers are being experienced in Apayao (Conner, Flora and Pudtol), Cagayan (Allacapan, Lasam, Lallo and Santo Niño), […]

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Powerful typhoon approaches Japan with violent winds, heavy rain

  KAGOSHIMA, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon headed toward southern Japan Sunday, bringing violent winds and heavy rains with officials warning it could be strong enough to snap power poles and flip vehicles. Typhoon Haishen, categorised as “large” and “extremely strong”, was expected to move through the Amami region of small islands near Kyushu that separate the Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea in the afternoon. At 8:00 am (2300 GMT Saturday), Haishen […]

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Thunderstorm advisory raised over Cavite, other areas

Localized thunderstorms affecting N. Luzon (Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over Cavite and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with strong winds are expected also over Batangas and Tarlac within the next two hours. PAGASA said meanwhile, localized thunderstorms are affecting Northern Luzon. As a result, partly  cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected over the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva […]

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Southwest monsoon affecting western sections of Central, Southern Luzon

Tyhoon “Haishen” out of PAR (Eagle News)–Typhoon “Haishen” is outside the Philippine Area of responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the  southwest monsoon, however, is affecting the western sections of Central and Southern Luzon. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will therefore have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, also due to localized thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The northern and eastern sections […]

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