Pointe-à-Pitre (France) (AFP) –Hurricane Maria strengthens into a “potentially catastrophic” Category Five storm as it barrells into eastern Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma, forcing residents to evacuate in powerful winds and lashing rain.
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Dominica has lost ‘all what money can buy’ in Hurricane Maria: PM
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia (AFP) — The residents of Dominica have “lost all what money can buy and replace” after Hurricane Maria pounded the tiny Caribbean island, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said early Tuesday. Maria, a monster Category Five storm with winds of 160 miles (257 kilometers) per hour, made landfall on Dominica around 0115 GMT Tuesday. The hurricane was traveling on a path along eastern Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma. “Initial reports are of widespread […]
Hurricane Maria following Irma’s path
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Maria became a hurricane Sunday as it barreled toward the storm-battered eastern Caribbean with 75 mile (120 kilometers) per hour winds, the US National Hurricane Center said, on a path similar to that of mega storm Irma earlier in the month. Storm warnings and watches went up in many of the Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma’s destructive passage. As of 2100 GMT, Maria was a Category One hurricane, the […]
Powerful wind storm kills eight in Romania
BUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) — A storm packing powerful winds ripped off roofs and toppled trees in Romania on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring dozens more, authorities and witnesses said. With gusts that reached nearly 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour, the storm pounded the area around the western city of Timisoara before heading north toward Ukraine. Most of the victims were outside when the winds swept in. One man was hit by a falling tree, another […]
Hundreds of flights grounded as typhoon Talim slams Japan
A powerful typhoon that left the Philippines last Wednesday, September 13, ripped into southern Japan on Sunday, dumping torrential rain, grounding hundreds of domestic flights and halting train services. Typhoon Talim, which was named as “Lannie” in the Philippines, made a landfall in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, packing winds of up to 162 kilometres (105 miles) per hour, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. At least 644 domestic flights have been cancelled […]
Widespread destruction in central Vietnam after major typhoon
HA TINH, Vietnam (AFP) — Shaken residents in central Vietnam were piecing their homes and businesses back together Saturday after a powerful typhoon hammered large swathes of coast and killed at least four people. Typhoon Doksuri tore through Vietnam Friday afternoon, reducing structures to piles of debris and knocking out electricity and telecommunications in several provinces, in one of the worst storms to hit the country in years. Residents woke up Saturday to the […]
Typhoon Doksuri pounds Vietnam coast
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Heavy rain pounds Vietnam’s central coast as Typhoon Doksuri approached, prompting mass evacuations and with officials predicting it could be the most powerful storm in a decade. https://youtu.be/4bUmcQbazQk
NGCP transmission lines na naapektuhan ng bagyong “Maring,” balik na sa normal na operasyon
(Eagle News) — Balik na sa normal na operasyon ang lahat ng transmission lines at pasilidad na naapektuhan ng tropical depression “Maring,” ito ay ayon sa ulat ng National Grid Corporation (NGCP). Kabilang sa mga transmission line na nakumpuni at dinadaluyan na muli ng kuryente ay ang Batangas-Bolboc line at Gumaca – Lopez -Tagkawayan line sa CALABARZON. Ayon pa sa NGCP, balik normal na rin ang Olongapo-Cawag line ng Zambales Electric Cooperative 2. https://youtu.be/tsQTNbND0nw
Cavite declares state of calamity after “Maring” devastation
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Due to the widespread damage caused by tropical storm “Maring”, Cavite Governor Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla has declared a state of calamity in the province. Remulla said that in the town of Silang, Cavite six bridges collapsed. Many old roads of the province were also destroyed as the ground under these became soft and gave in after the heavy rains “Kasi parang lumambot ang lupa sa dami ng tubig […]
At least eight die in Italy floods: rescuers
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least eight people died in flooding after violent rains lashed the Tuscan city of Livorno over the weekend, Italian rescue services said Tuesday. The body of a 67-year-old man, who had been reported missing since Sunday, was found on Tuesday, while the body of a 34-year-old woman had been found the day before. Heavy rainstorms swept across the country overnight from Saturday to Sunday, with Livorno bearing the brunt of the flooding. Four […]
In photos: Deadly landslide in Taytay, Rizal
Metro Manila suffers severe flooding due to torrential rainfall
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Several areas in Metro Manila were affected by severe flooding which stranded motorists and commuters due to the unrelenting rain after tropical depression “Maring” made landfall over Mauban, Quezon province on Tuesday afternoon, September 12. The Manila Police District has started conducting free ride operations to help those who were stranded. As of 2:00 PM, the weather bureau said that tropical depression “Maring” has maintained its strength is now […]
