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(Eagle News) — Asahan na ang mas mainit na summer season ngayong taon dahil sa epekto ng El Niño. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA), aabot sa 38.2 degree Celsius ang magiging temperatura sa Metro Manila sa oras na magsimula ang panahon ng tagtuyot o El Niño. Papatak naman sa mahigit 40 degrees Celsius ang maaaring maging temperatura sa lungsod ng Tuguegarao, Cagayan. Inaasahan din na mararamdaman ang epekto ng El Niño […]
(Eagle News) — Pinaghahanda ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration-Department of Science and Technology (PAGASA-DOST) ang publiko sa pananalasa ng El Niño sa bansa. Sa kasalukuyan ay may umiiral ng mahinang El Niño sa tropical Pacific na tinatawag na meteorological drought ng PAGASA dahil nagdudulot ito ng kabawasan o kakulangan sa ulan. Ayon kay PAGASA Administrator Dr. Vicente Malano, malaki ang porsyento na mabubuo ang El Niño sa buwang ito. Ilang lugar sa […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — With an eye on the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Japanese researchers are developing a new system to accurately forecast torrential downpours — known in Japan as ‘guerilla rainstorms’ — 30 minutes before they strike. Scientists have created a high-tech radar capable of producing a three-dimensional map of a rain cloud in 30 to 60 seconds. They say this is a significant improvement on existing systems that measure only parts of a cloud […]
by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A huge snowstorm blanketed eastern Canada on Wednesday, closing schools, grounding hundreds of flights and forcing many workers to stay home as tens of thousands of plows toiled to clear roads. Big fluffy snowflakes began falling Tuesday afternoon, with more than 30 centimeters (12 inches) accumulated on the ground by the next morning and more on the way, according to weather forecasts. Wind gusts up […]
Australia’s largest cattle company has warned of “extreme losses” after record-breaking floods, as producers said more than 300,000 cows were drowned or washed away in the vast continent’s northeast. After more than five years of drought, heavy rains over an almost two-week period turned dusty and parched land in Queensland state into vast swathes of mud that bogged down already weakened cattle. Australian Agricultural Company Ltd (AACo) said Monday that four of its properties were […]
by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — As spring approaches in Japan, the country’s weather forecasters face one of their biggest missions of the year: predicting exactly when the famed cherry blossoms will bloom. Japan’s sakura or cherry blossom season is feverishly anticipated by locals and visitors alike. Many tourists plan their entire trips around the blooms, and Japanese flock to parks in their millions to enjoy the seasonal spectacle. “People pay more […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Thousands of Sydney homes were without power Saturday after severe storms hit Australia’s largest city, causing transport hold-ups, inundating vehicles with floodwater and delaying a national football match. Heavy rains and lightning storms lashed parts of Sydney late Friday, with close to 60 millimetres (nearly two and a half inches) of rain falling in some areas. In Sydney’s west, which experienced some flash flooding, one suburb saw nearly 42 millimetres […]
TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AFP) — Hundreds of thousands of cattle weakened from a severe drought are feared to have died in record-breaking floods in northeastern Australia, authorities said Friday, as they stepped up efforts to feed surviving livestock. Incessant rains over an almost two-week period have flooded swathes of Queensland state, with the full scale of the devastation on drought-hit cattle stations becoming clearer as floodwaters recede. “We are expecting hundreds of thousands in terms of […]
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) — Rescuers battled Friday to reach the site of an avalanche that buried 10 people in Indian-administered Kashmir following two days of heavy snowfall across the region, police said. The avalanche hit a fire emergency facility late Thursday in the Banihal area of the Kashmir valley. Six police, two prisoners and two other personnel had taken refuge there during a storm. “We have not been able to rescue anyone so far because […]
TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AFP) — Australian ranchers who struggled to keep their cattle alive during a prolonged drought last year are now battling to save herds from record-breaking floods inundating the northeast of the country, officials said on Wednesday. Australia’s military has been called in to drop fodder to cattle stranded by floodwaters in Queensland state to stop them from starving, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said, with their owners still marooned in their farmsteads. “This is […]
TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AFP) — Weary residents in Australia’s flood-hit northeast returned home Wednesday to begin a massive clean-up after almost two weeks of heavy rain, as the wild weather moved south to inundate more towns. Communities remain cut off and thousands are still without power in the state of Queensland, but the weather bureau said the downpours that have seen areas doused with more than 300 millimeters (11.8 inches) of rain daily were easing. “It […]
TOWNSVILLE, Australia (AFP) — Two bodies were discovered in Australia’s flood-ravaged northeast on Tuesday as continuing heavy rain prompted authorities to warn of further flash flooding in the hours ahead. Prime Minister Scott Morrison toured the region where “once-in-a-century” floods have inundated thousands of homes and closed airports and schools, leaving cars and houses submerged. As stormwaters receded in some areas, he warned of a difficult recovery ahead. “It’s just going to be tough, […]
