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NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) — Several districts of Niger’s capital Niamey were submerged in floodwaters on Tuesday after heavy rainfall caused the Niger River to break its banks. Homes, rice fields and market gardens were destroyed as the Nigerien government asked residents to evacuate affected areas of the city. Almost all of Niamey’s 1.5 million inhabitants live on the banks of the river and some have even built their houses in its bed. “The damage is […]
by Gianrigo MARLETTA NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) — Storm Laura was upgraded to a destructive hurricane on Tuesday and is forecast to make landfall along the Texas or Louisiana coasts on Wednesday night, after earlier causing 24 deaths in the Caribbean. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph (120 km/h) with higher gusts, the US National Hurricane Center reported, with the storm expected to strengthen over the next day. “Laura is forecast to reach […]
by Moises Avila, with Amelie Baron in Port-aux-Princes HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Tropical Storm Laura pounded Cuba with heavy rains Monday as it barrelled toward the US, where forecasters predicted it would strengthen to a hurricane after leaving 24 people dead and a swath of destruction in the Caribbean. “Strengthening is expected when the storm moves over the Gulf of Mexico, and Laura is forecast to become a hurricane by late Tuesday,” the US National […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Bavi” continues to enhance the southwest monsoon, even if it remains outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The southwest monsoon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, affects northern and central Luzon. As a result, PAGASA said cloudy skies and scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in Ilocos, Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands. The rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will have generally fair weather, PAGASA said. Rains are […]
(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers also due to […]
by Amelie BARON PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Two hurricanes are expected to slam into the US Gulf Coast in the coming days, forecasters said Sunday, as Tropical Storm Laura killed at least 12 people when it struck Haiti and the Dominican Republic. US media said twin hurricanes were unprecedented in the Gulf of Mexico since records began 150 years ago. Tropical Storm Marco strengthened into a hurricane with winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) per […]
(Eagle News)–Severe tropical storm “Bavi” continues to enhance the southwest monsoon even as it remains outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said because of the enhanced southwest monsoon, which affects Northern and Central Luzon, cloudy skies with scattered rains are expected in Ilocos Region, Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers will prevail over Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Oriental […]
(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur as a result. PAGASA said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers will be experienced over the provinces of La Union, Pangasinan, Benguet, Abra, Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Aurora, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, and the rest […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haitian authorities on Saturday urged residents to prepare for tropical storm Laura, which is expected to bring torrential rains, flooding and landslides before possibly building up to hurricane force as it churns toward the US. The Atlantic storm season, which runs through November, could be one of the busiest ever this year, with the US National Hurricane Center predicting as many as 25 named storms. Laura is the 12th so […]
(Eagle News)–“Igme” exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, Aug. 23, but rainshowers are still expected in parts of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Severe Tropical Storm “Bavi,” formerly “Igme,” left PAR at 3 a.m., and is now located 620 kilometers north northeast of extreme Northern Luzon. PAGASA said Batanes, Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Zambales, and Bataan will have cloudy skies with scattered […]
(Eagle News) — “Igme” has intensified into a severe tropical storm. But the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s Loriedin Dela Cruz said the weather disturbance situated 500 kilometers north northeast of Basco, Batanes no longer has any direct effect on the country, as it moves north northeast at 20 kilometers per hour and is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility tonight. So far, the center of “Igme” is packing maximum sustained […]
(Eagle News) -“Igme” intensified into a tropical storm on Saturday, Aug. 22, as it moved towards the Southern Ryukyu islands. In its 11 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Igme,” which is situated 340 kilometers north northeast of Basco, Batanes, is forecast to move northeastward, and is likely to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility between tonight and tomorrow early morning. PAGASA said the the tropical cyclone, which is packing […]
