MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (AFP) — Heavy winds batter an almost empty Myrtle Beach in South Carolina as Hurricane Florence makes its presence known. The still dry sand flies around, making swirls in the beach.
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Heavy rain and wind pounds streets of Wilmington
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (AFP) — Heavy rains and high winds batter the empty streets of Wilmington, North Carolina as Hurricane Florence closes in on the Carolina coast. Emergency crews in North Carolina are scrambling to rescue hundreds of people stranded in their homes by flood waters. https://youtu.be/TvVASG-4u8c
Makulimlim na kapaligiran at pabugso-bugsong ulan, nararanasan sa Cagayan
(Eagle News) — Makulimlim na kapaligiran at manaka-nakang pagbugso ng malakas na ulan ang nararanasan ngayon sa ilang bahagi ng Cagayan. (Details and video courtesy of Eagle News Service Adonis Raspado) https://youtu.be/BD9rwmDEMbQ
Malakas na pag-ulan nararanasan na sa Baguio City
Ni Freddie Rulloda Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Nararanasan na ang malakas na pag-ulan sa lalawigan ng Baguio City ngayong Biyernes ng hapon, Setyembre 14. Dahil sa malakas na pag-ulan ay nasa 300 pamilya na ang inilikas sa mga evacuatin center sa Tuba, Bengut.
Lalawigan ng Quirino, lubos na ang ginagawang paghahanda sa maaaring pananalasa ng bagyong “Ompong”
Ni Rustie Lorenzo Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Handa na ang mga sangay ng lokal na pamahalaan ng lalawigan ng Quirino sa maaaring pananalasa ng bagyong Ompong. May mga relief good na ring ibinigay sa bawat bayan na dadalhin sa mga evacuation center sa bawat barangay. Maging ang mga rescue equipment ay handa na rin katulad ng chainsaw, rescue boat, drone at iba pang mga gamit sa retrieval operation. Alam na rin ng mga […]
Light to moderate rains felt in parts of Muzon, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
(Eagle News) — Light to moderate rains were felt in some parts of Muzon, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan on Friday morning, before “Ompong” was expected to make a landfall in the Isabela-Aurora area on Saturday. (Video courtesy of Eagle News Correspondent Rene Boy Ronda)
News in Photos: Situation in Batangas City
(Eagle News) — Light to moderate with occasional heavy rains are being experienced in Batangas City. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondent Marco Eraño Navalta)
Catastrophic’ Florence buffets US east coast
by Sebastien Duval with Leila Macor in Myrtle Beach Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — The outer edge of Hurricane Florence began buffeting the Carolinas with wind and rain on Thursday as forecasters warned the monster storm would trigger life-threatening flooding as it assaults the US east coast. As Florence churned slowly towards the coasts of North and South Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane, federal and state officials issued final appeals […]
Cagayan gov’t targets zero casualties as it prepares for typhoon Ompong
(Eagle News) — The local government of Cagayan is now preparing for the landfall of typhoon Ompong to ensure that there will be zero casualties in the province. According to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, typhoon Ompong is expected to make landfall by Saturday morning. As part of their preparations, Governor Manuel Mamba said that as of Thursday morning, they already declared cancellations of classes in all levels for both private and public schools. Mamba […]
San Carlos City DRRMO on high alert for typhoon Ompong
(Eagle News) — The local government of San Carlos City, Pangasinan through its City Disaster Risk Management Office is on high alert in preparations for typhoon “Ompong.” CDRRMO Head Bernabe Bacani said that they have already conducted meetings about the calamity response, rescue and evacuation as part of their preparations. Bacani also said that they already alerted the clearing operations team. The official also added that they already visited different schools in the area that […]
Hurricane Florence closes in on US east coast
by Sébastien DUVAL / with Leila Macor in Columbia, South Carolina Agence France-Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — Dangerous Hurricane Florence edged closer Thursday to delivering a powerful blow to the east coast of the United States, with forecasters warning of life-threatening rainfall and flooding even as it weakened to a Category 2 storm. As day broke for millions of jittery Americans in the monster storm’s path, rain from the Florence’s outer bands approached the […]
Satellite images of Typhoon Mangkhut
(AFP) — Millions of people are at risk from a strong typhoon set to smash into the northern Philippines this weekend which could bring floods, landslides and huge waves to the disaster-prone nation.
