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by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sal in Kolkata Agence France Presse KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) — The strongest cyclone in decades slammed into Bangladesh and eastern India on Wednesday, sending water surging inland and leaving a trail of destruction as the death toll rose to at least nine. High winds and torrid rains pounded coastal villages and cities, bringing down power lines, uprooting trees and inundating homes. “The situation is more worrying than the coronavirus pandemic. […]
KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) — A Bangladesh Red Crescent volunteer drowned Wednesday when a boat capsized while evacuating villagers in the path of Cyclone Amphan, the organization said. “There were four of them on the boat when it sank,” Nurul Islam Khan, director of the Cyclone Preparedness Programme of the Bangladesh Red Crescent, told AFP. Amphan, one of the fiercest cyclones in decades, was due to make landfall late Wednesday afternoon with forecasts of a potentially […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Cavite and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are also expected over Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Laguna, Batangas and Quezon within the next two hours. PAGASA said these conditions are being experienced in Camiling, San Clemente, Mayantoc, Santa Ignacia, Bamban in Tarlac; Mabalacat, Floridablanca in Pampanga; Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Olongapo in Zambales; […]
Visayas, Mindanao affected by easterlies (Eagle News)–A frontal system is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. In its weather update on Wednesday, May 20, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting Visayas and Mindanao. Batanes and Babuyan Islands, PAGASA said, will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms due to the frontal system. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila […]
by Sam Jahan with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata Agence France Presse KHULNA, Bangladesh (AFP) — The Bay of Bengal’s fiercest cyclone this century was bearing down on millions of people in eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, with forecasts of a potentially devastating and deadly storm surge. Authorities have scrambled to stage mass evacuations away from the path of Amphan, which is only the second “super cyclone” to form in the northeastern Indian Ocean since […]
(Eagle News)–Parts of Mindanao have been placed under a thunderstorm advisory today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate with possible lightning and strong winds are expected in Zamboanga City; Talakag in Bukidnon; Don Victoriano Chiongbian in Misamis Occidental; Esperanza in Agusan del Sur; Las Nieves in Agusan del Norte; Davao de Oro; and in Lebak in Sultan Kudarat within the next one to two hours. PAGASA said these conditions […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting Visayas and Mindanao today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Palawan and Occidental Mindoro will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. The weather bureau said this was due to localized thunderstorms. Light to moderate winds, PAGASA said, will prevail over Palawan and Occidental Mindoro and Visayas. These areas will have slight to moderate seas.
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila will have good weather in the next three days, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In a 5 p.m. update, weather specialist Loreidin dela Cruz said the National Capital Region will only have thunderstorms in the afternoon and at night. Temperatures will range from 26 to 35 degrees Celsius. Legazpi and Baguio are also expected to have generally good weather, apart from localized thunderstorms. Visayas, Palawan and Occidental Mindoro, […]
(Eagle News) — A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over southern Metro Manila and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said apart from Las Pinas, Muntinlupa and Paranaque; parts of Laguna, in particular San Pedro, Binan, Santa Cruz, Pila, Liliw, Alaminos and San Pablo; Quezon particularly in Real and General Nakar; Cavite; and Batangas, in Lipa, Santo Tomas, Malvar, Balete, MataasnaKahoy and Talisay; are experiencing moderate to heavy rainshowers. The same […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected in the country today, May 18. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said these conditions were due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are also possible. PAGASA said Northern Luzon will have moderate to strong winds and coastal waters. The rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will have light and slight to moderate ones, PAGASA said. The weather bureau […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers are expected over parts of Northern Luzon today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said these conditions would be experienced in Batanes due to the low pressure area. PAGASA said the LPA was so far located 125 km northwest of Basco. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, on the other hand, are expected over the provinces of Aurora, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, […]
(Eagle News)–“Ambo” has weakened into a low pressure area as it moves over the Bashi Channel. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 4 p.m. today, the center of the LPA was located 125 km northwest of Basco, Batanes. The tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1 over Batanes has now been lifted. Until tonight, though, light to moderate with at times heavy rains are still forecast over Batanes. Moderate to rough […]
