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(Eagle News) – Alas kwarto pa lamang ng madaling araw (4:00 AM) ngayong Martes, Oktubre 29 ng maramdaman ang mahinang hangin at panaka-nakang pag-ulan dito sa bayan ng Bongabon, subalit pagsapit ng alas-8:30 ng umaga ay biglang lumakas ang ulan na sinabayan din ng malakas na hangin. Kaya sa kalagayang ito ng panahon at sa kasagsagan ng paghagupit ng bagyo ay agad namang nag-ikot ang mga kawani ng rescue team ng Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction […]
(Eagle News) — Nakapagsagawa na ng Pre-Disaster Assessment ang National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) bilang paghahanda sa pagresponde sa mga maaapektuhan ng bagyong Rosita. Ayon kay NDRMC Spokesperson Director Edgar Posadas, sa ngayon ay nasa sampung (10) lalawigan na ang isinailalim sa Tropical Cyclone warning signal number 2 at 26 na lugar naman ang nasa signal number 1 kasama ang ncr, at may mga isinailalim na ring lugar sa signal no. 3. […]
SAIPAN, United States (AFP) — US military aircraft laden with emergency supplies were flying in to the Northern Mariana Islands Saturday in the wake of destructive Super Typhoon Yutu which destroyed buildings and cut electricity supplies. Ralph Torres, the governor of the US Pacific territory said President Donald Trump had approved a request for a “major disaster declaration” after the powerful storm, packing winds of up to 180 miles per hour (290kmh) left one […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — At least 20 people, most of them school pupils, have been killed in flash floods in Jordan, the emergency services said Friday in an updated toll. A further 35 people were injured following heavy rains on Thursday, including members of the security forces involved in rescue operations, said an official from the civil defense — Jordan’s fire service — who asked not to be named. He said rescuers were still searching […]
(Eagle News) — Nananatiling nasa labas ng bansa at nasa karagatang pasipiko ang Typhoon Yutu. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), huli itong namataan sa 2,120 kilometers east ng central Luzon. Bahagya itong humina at taglay na lang ang lakas ng hanging aabot sa 180 kilometers bawat oras at pagbugsong aabot sa 220 kilometers bawat oras. Kumikilos ang bagyo sa bilis na 20 kilometers bawat oras sa direksyong pa-kanluran. Ayon sa […]
Marine debris teams were dispatched to assess the damage this week after a tiny, remote Hawaiian island was largely wiped off the map when a raging hurricane passed through, officials said. East Island was a low-lying island composed mainly of loose sand and gravel, and was home to threatened nesting green sea turtles and endangered Hawaiian monk seals. All but a couple of slivers of sand were erased from the already tiny island — about […]
MAZATLAN, Mexico (AFP) — Hurricane Willa made landfall in Mexico Tuesday, lashing the Pacific coast with powerful wind, heavy rain and what forecasters warned was “extremely dangerous” storm surge. “The eye of Hurricane Willa is now over the coastline near the town of Escuinapa, Sinaloa,” Mexico’s National Meteorological Service said on Twitter. The powerful storm, which was a maximum Category 5 hurricane on Monday, had weakened to Category 3 as it moved toward land. But forecasters […]
(Eagle News) — Lalo pang lumakas ang bagyong nasa labas ng bansa at may international name na Yutu. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), ang severe tropical storm Yutu ay huling namataan sa 2,925 kilometers east ng Visayas. Nasa labas pa rin ito ng bansa at hindi pa inaasahang papasok sa Philippine Area of Responsibility sa susunod na dalawa hanggang tatlong araw. Taglay ng bagyo ang lakas ng hanging aabot sa […]
MEXICO CITY (AFP) — Hurricane Willa was upgraded to a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 storm Monday off Mexico’s Pacific coast, where it was expected to produce life-threatening wind and flooding, the US National Hurricane Center said. The powerful hurricane was on course to slam into Mexico somewhere around the resort town of Mazatlan on Tuesday afternoon or evening, the NHC said in its 1500 GMT advisory. It now has maximum sustained winds of 260 kilometers […]
MEXICO CITY (AFP) — Hurricane Willa surged to a dangerous Category Four storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast, US forecasters said Sunday, warning of a life-threatening storm surge and heavy winds and rainfall. The monster storm was 340 kilometers (210 miles) south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico, packing top sustained winds of 230 kilometers per hour. “Extremely dangerous… Hurricane Willa continues to rapidly strengthen (and is) forecast to produce life-threatening storm surge, wind and rainfall over portions […]
by Charlotte DURAND Agence France Presse VILLEGAILHENC, France (AFP) — At least 11 people died when violent rainstorms turned rivers into raging torrents in southwest France on Monday, prompting some of the deadliest flooding in years, officials said. The equivalent of three months rainfall was dumped overnight in the region of Carcassonne in just a few hours, sending rivers over their banks, including the Aude, which reached levels not seen in 100 years. Local authorities […]
TOULOUSE, France (AFP) — At least six people died after heavy storms swamped parts of southwestern France, flooding rivers and cutting roads, officials said Monday. The Aude department, which includes the fortress city of Carcassonne, was particularly badly hit. One woman was swept to her death by rising waters in the Aude village of Villardonnel, and at least four died overnight in Villegailhenc, local authorities said. A sixth person also died in the department, authorities […]
