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WARSAW, Poland (AFP) – Sub-freezing temperatures across swathes of Europe have claimed almost 60 victims in recent days — notably in Poland, Romania and the Balkans — with migrants and the homeless among the most vulnerable, officials said on Tuesday. Six people died in Poland and seven more in the Balkans over a 24-hour period as temperatures plunged across Europe, while Romania announced six deaths in recent days. Authorities in Warsaw said the toll of […]
(Eagle News) — Naitala ang 11.5 degree Celsius na antas ng temperatura ngayon sa Baguio City. Ayon sa PAGASA, asahan na mas lalamig pa ang panahon kapag umabot sa peak ang amihan pagsapit ng huling linggo ng Enero at unang linggo ng Pebrero Ramdam rin ang malamig na panahon sa Metro Manila na umabot sa 19 degree Celsius. https://youtu.be/zTSu-hiLAJ4
CCTV — A severe cold wave has hit the United States Midwest, including Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, drastically lowering temperatures across the region. Chicago, the capital of Illinois, experienced its lowest temperature of 23 degrees Celsius on Dec 18, which almost matched the city’s record low temperature of 23.3 degrees Celsius, that happened on the same day in 1983. In order to ensure road safety in the region, Illinois sent more than 1,700 snow sweepers […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese rocket that fired a weather satellite into space on Wednesday was decked out in colourful manga in a bid to raise awareness among kids about the wonders of the universe. The H-IIA rocket carrying the Himawari-9 weather satellite blasted into a cloudy sky at the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Kagoshima prefecture at 3:20 pm (0620 GMT). Japan’s domestically developed mainstay rocket carried two pieces of manga artwork originally […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — South Australia braced for a second night of severe weather Thursday, with tens of thousands of homes still without power after “catastrophic” storms knocked out supply to the entire population. The total blackout caused chaos and widespread damage was reported, as authorities warned of more wild conditions to come including floods, high winds, heavy rain and surging tides. The state’s premier Jay Weatherill said “twin tornadoes” had hit northern areas, where […]
EUROPE (AFP) — Advice for elderly people, children and adults for avoiding heatstroke and dehydration as parts of Europe face a heatwave.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Floods ravaged the US state of Louisiana Monday, leaving six people dead and thousands more forced to flee rising waters after days of catastrophic rainstorms. More than 20,000 people had to evacuate their homes and as many as 10,000 were living in emergency shelters, officials said, after rains pummeled much of southern Louisiana starting last Thursday evening. Over the weekend, rain accumulations totaled more than 20 inches in five parts […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that the EU would weather the shock of the British vote to leave the union as he convened crisis talks. “I am confident that these countries can also send a message that we won’t let anyone take Europe from us,” he said heading into a meeting in Berlin of his counterparts from the EU’s six founding members. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
NEW MEXICO, United States (Reuters) — Hundreds of people have evacuated to escape a wildfire in a blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather feeds the flames, raising health concerns in other regions, officials said on Thursday (June 16). The so-called Dog Head Fire which broke out on Wednesday about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of the town of Tajique has forced evacuations and grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 hectares). Tajique is […]
(Eagle News) — Asahan ang mga pag-ulan sa buong bansa bukas, Mayo 19, Huwebes, sa kabila ng maalinsangang panahon. Maaaring magsimula ang mga pag-ulan sa umaga o tanghali at posibleng mas lumakas pa sa bandang hapon o gabi. Asahan diumano ang rainshowers sa Silangan at Hilagang Luzon, partikular sa Cordillera Region, Ilocos at Central Luzon habang inaasahan din ang mga pag-ulan sa kanlurang bahagi ng Visayas at ilang mga lugar sa Mindanao gaya ng CARAGA, […]
YOICHI and CHITOSE, Japan (Reuters) — Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido is in the midst of one of the worst snowstorm in years, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Tuesday (March 1). The agency recorded winds of up to 40 meters (131 feet) per second or 144 kilometers (90 miles) per hour in the morning. Media reports said more than 40 centimeters (15 inches) of snow were expected by early Wednesday (March 2). Residents were […]
Washington, D.C. and another five U.S. states along the U.S. East Coast on Thursday declared state of emergency as the region was bracing itself for a historic snowstorm over the weekend. As authorities in Washington, D.C., and the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania declared the state of emergency on Thursday, blizzard watches were also issued by the National Weather Service along the storm’s path, stretching from Arkansas through Tennessee and Kentucky to […]
