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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – Californian authorities have issued red flag weather warnings and mandatory evacuation orders after a series of wildfires fanned by high winds and hot temperatures ripped through thousands of acres. The latest blaze, the County Fire sparked in Yolo County on Saturday, had by Sunday afternoon spread across 22,000 acres (9,000 hectares) with zero percent containment, according to Cal Fire. More than 100 fire trucks and a dozen helicopters are […]
(Eagle News) — Isa nang ganap na bagyo ang low pressure area (LPA) na binabantayan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration sa loob ng Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Pinangalanan ito ng PAGASA bilang bagyong ‘Florita’ na huling namataan sa layong 946 kilometro silangan ng Basco, Batanes. Taglay nito ang lakas ng hangin na umaabot sa 45 kilometro kada oras malapit sa gitna at pagbugso na umaabot sa 60 kilometro kada oras. Kumikilos […]
by Sippachai Kunnuwong / with Jenny Vaughan in Bangkok © Agence France-Presse MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) — A team of US military personnel and British divers joined rescue efforts at a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children and their football coach have been trapped for five days as heavy overnight rains hampered the search. Flood waters seeped into a second chamber of the Tham Luang cave and forced some of the rescue divers […]
(Eagle News) — Isang namumuong sama ng panahon o low pressure area (LPA) ang namataan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration sa layong 190 kilometro, kanluran ng Clark, Pampanga. Ayon sa weather bureau, nagdadala ng pag-ulan ang sama ng panahon sa Mindoro at Palawan. Maulap na kalangitan na may mahina hanggang sa katamtamang mga pag-ulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat ang inaasahan sa mindoro at palawan dahil sa trough ng LPA. Hindi inaasahan o mababa […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Flash floods and landslides killed 15 people in Vietnam’s mountainous north, officials said Tuesday, after storms ravaged homes and wiped out crops and infrastructure. At least 12 people are still missing after the weekend floods, and hundreds of police and soldiers have been deployed to help clean-up efforts. Vietnam is frequently lashed by harsh weather in the rainy season between June and November. The latest storm hit several northern provinces, littering […]
MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) – Desperate parents led a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children have been trapped for days as Navy rescue divers packing food rations resumed their search Tuesday. Hundreds of people have been mobilised to find the young football team and their coach who went into the cave on Saturday and were trapped when heavy rains are believed to have flooded the cave’s main entrance. […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A dramatic underwater rescue mission to find a children’s football team who have been trapped in a flooded cave for two days was underway in northern Thailand, officials said Monday. Divers have reached a large chamber of the vast cave inside which the 12 boys and their coach are believed to be stuck, said the deputy governor of Chiang Rai province. “We think they are in this part of the cave, […]
(Eagle News) — Ibinabala ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang posibilidad ng pagsisimula ng mahinang El Niño sa huling bahagi ng taon. Ayon kay Pagasa Climate Monitoring and Prediction Section Officer-in-Charge Ana Liza Solis, ipinapakita ng mga pinakahuling datos ng World Meteorological Organization ang unti-unting pag-init ng tropical pacific na kalauna’y magdudulot ng posibleng mahinang El Niño sa fourth quarter ng taon. Inaasahan ng weather bureau ang near average hanggang slightly warmer […]
(Eagle News) — Patuloy na binabantayan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Servics Administration (PAGASA) ang isang low pressure area (LPA) na magdudulot ng pag-ulan sa Bicol Region at eastern Visayas. Huli itong namataan sa layong 100 kilometro sa silangang bahagi ng Daet, Camarines Norte. Dahil dito, nagbabala naman ang PAGASA na ang nasabing LPA ay maaaring magdulot ng pagbaha. Samantala, dahil sa habagat, uulanin din ang ilang bahagi ng Ilocos, Cordillera Regions, Islands of […]
(Eagle News) – The weather bureau has officially announced the start of the rainy season. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that 10 up to 13 typhoons were expected to develop and enter the country until November. Esperanza Cayanan, weather service chief of PAGASA, said that by next month alone, the country would have two to four typhoons. Two to three typhoons are expected to enter the country by the months […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapaulan sa eastern part ng Visayas ang trough o extension ng low pressure area (LPA) na binabantayan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Ayon sa PAGASA, huling namataan ang LPA sa 655 kilometers east northeast ng Guiuan, eastern Samar. Sinabi ni PAGASA Senior Weather Specialist Cris Perez na ang extension ng nasabing LPA ay nagdudulot na ng maulap na papawirin sa eastern Visayas na makararanas na ng kalat-kalat na […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Patuloy ang pag-iral ng southwest monsoon o hanging habagat sa malaking bahagi ng luzon. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), makararanas ng katamtaman hanggang paminsan-minsan na malalakas na pag-ulan ang Pangasinan, Zambales at Bataan dahil sa ulang dala ng hanging habagat. Magiging maulap ang kalangitan na may kasamang mahina hanggang sa katamtamang mga pag-ulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat ang iiral sa bahagi ng Batanes at Babuyan […]
