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QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has advised the public to prepare for rising temperatures after the heat in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija reached 47.8 degree Celsius last March 26. The weather bureau is expecting a continuing rise in the temperature due to the easterlies. PAGASA also said that the heat index in Metro Manila may reach 35 to 37 degrees Celsius. https://youtu.be/V3AOBHqNIbg
PARIS, France (AFP) — Melanie Segard, a 21-year-old woman with Down’s Syndrome, broke new ground for the disabled on Tuesday by presenting the weather forecast on French national TV. Segard provided a summary of the weekend weather on France 2, achieving a personal goal that she hopes will also boost awareness for people with Down’s. She soared to prominence after an advocacy group, UNAPEI, launched an awareness campaign ahead of World Down’s Syndrome Day on […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A Frenchwoman with Down’s Syndrome will realize a “dream” by presenting the prime time weather bulletin on French television next week, an advocacy group for the disabled said Wednesday. Melanie Segard, 21, will begin training for the broadcast next Tuesday at the studios of public television station France 2, UNAPEI said in a statement. Segard has scored more than 200,000 “likes” on Facebook in less than two weeks since the association […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — A London-based designer has developed pollution-busting face masks to protect children from the English capital city’s toxic air. Doodle Masks come in colourful designs, including Disney film themes, designed to attract children, and are sold for £7.50 ($9.41 USD) each online. “The face mask is important because you want to protect your children from taking the pollution into their lungs and affecting them, especially as my son could develop asthma in […]
by Marie A. Dumayac Eagle News Service Colorado DENVER, Colorado, USA – (Eagle News) — Denverites enjoyed a warm weather on February 2017, hitting high 60’s (19 degree C), mid-70’s (23 degree C), and even an 80 degree F (27 degree C). Denver also set the highest temperature ever recorded in four days of February (10th, 15th, 16th, 21st). On February 23rd, a day after a high of 57 degree F (14 degree C), and […]
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Feb. 17 (PIA) — The state weather bureau PAGASA has been recording a drop of temperature due to the Amihan the past days which caused some vegetable-producing towns in the province to experience frost locally termed as “andap.” Atok Mayor Peter Alos and Mankayan Mayor Materno Luspian clarified that the reported occurrence of frost in their municipalities has no effect on the supply and prices of vegetables. Alos said there were reports […]
(Eagle News) — Binalaan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang mga aakyat ng Mount Pulag laban sa sobrang lamig ng temperatura sa lugar. Ayon sa PAGASA, dapat magdala ng mga pananggalang sa lamig at magsuot ng makapal na damit ang mga mag-te-trekking lalo’t pumalo sa 8 degrees Celsius ang temperatura, kahapon, Pebrero 13. Ito’y upang makaiwas sa hypothermia at iba pang uri ng sakit dala ng malamig na panahon. Inaasahang babagsak […]
SCOTTSVILLE, TEXAS United States (Reuters) — Residents in Scottsville, Texas were recovering on Sunday (January 22) from severe storms and high winds that damaged dozens of properties, downed trees and toppled power lines. The national weather service was determining whether the storms met classifications for tornado status. Scottsville resident Earnest Marshall described the strong winds sweeping through his home. “The house shifted three times… I covered my head” adding his house was “tore up” after […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawang bayan ng Agusan Del Sur kabilang na ang mga bayan ng La Paz at Esperanza ang isinailalim sa state of calamity. Ayon kay AFP Spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, hindi pa rin madaanan ng anomang uri ng sasakyan ang mga daanan sa mga nasabing bayan kahit pa humupa na ang baha. Ayon sa report, may kabuuang animnapu’t-dalawang (62) baranggay sa nasabing lugar ang apektado ng baha. Mahigit sampung libong pamilya naman […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — Under a gentle rain, crowds began to gather on Friday (January 20) at the U.S. Capital and the National Mall for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. Trump takes power over a divided country after a savage campaign and setting the country on a new, uncertain path at home and abroad. In a ceremony likely to draw 900,000 people, including protesters, Trump and his […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Patuloy pa ring makakaranas ng makulimlim na panahon at buhos ng ulan ang malaking bahagi ng Eastern, Central at Western Visayas Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), tail-end of a cold front ang nakakaapekto ngayon sa nabanggit na mga lugar maging sa bahagi ng northern at western Mindanao. Paliwanag pa ng PAGASA, ang extension ng cold front ang naghahatid ng makapal na ulap sa malaking […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A series of storms that have rolled across California in the past week dumping heavy rain and snow could herald the end of a punishing historic drought, officials said Thursday. “Bye bye Drought. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out,” tweeted the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada, which monitors parts of northern California, the area hardest hit by the storms. According to the US Drought […]
