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(Eagle News) — Classes on Tuesday, Sept. 20, were suspended due to the heavy rains brought about by the southwest monsoon. Caloocan City — all levels, public and private schools Las Piñas — all levels, public and private schools Malabon City — all levels, public and private schools (afternoon classes) Marikina City — all levels, public and private schools (afternoon classes) Navotas City — all levels, public and private schools (afternoon classes) Parañaque City — […]
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AFP) — At least nine people were killed and four left missing when a bus and two other vehicles plunged into a ravine in a mountainous part of Costa Rica, the Red Cross reported Sunday. The bus, car and motorcycle slid into the 75-meter-deep (245-foot) ravine on Saturday when heavy rain caused a landslide at the El Hundimiento mountain pass, around 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of the capital San Jose. […]
Izumi, Japan (AFP) Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall on Japan’s southwestern coast on Sunday evening, the country’s weather agency said, as authorities urged millions to seek shelter from the powerful storm’s rains and wind. “The eye of Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall near Kagoshima city around 7.00pm (1000GMT) on Sunday,” the Japan Meteorological Agency said in a brief statement on their website. © Agence France-Presse
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) A historically powerful storm is hammering western Alaska, causing huge tidal surges and flooding that has torn some houses from their foundations, US weather forecasters said Saturday. The remnants of Pacific Typhoon Merbok have created one of the strongest storms to impact the region at this time of year in decades and are expected to batter the coast throughout the weekend. Dangerous conditions include “extreme waves, storm surge, hurricane […]
Minamata, Japan (AFP) by Atish PATEL / Yuichi YAMAZAKI Thousands of people took refuge in shelters in southwestern Japan on Sunday as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region, prompting authorities to urge over four million residents to evacuate. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued a rare “special warning” for Kagoshima and Miyazaki in the Kyushu region — an alert that is issued only when it forecasts conditions seen once in several decades. By […]
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) Alaska was battening down Friday for what is slated to be the US state’s worst storm in more than a decade, as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok barreled through the Bering Sea, threatening major flooding and hurricane-force winds. Residents on Alaska’s western coast were urged to brace for potentially the “worst coastal flooding in nearly 50 years,” the National Weather Service (NWS) warned in a tweet on Thursday. Merbok, now […]
Rome, Italy (AFP) At least 10 people died and four were missing after violent storms lashed central Italy, reports said Friday, pushing the issue of climate change up the agenda the week before elections. Water swept through towns and villages, turning streets into rivers after about 400 millimetres (16 inches) of rain reportedly fell in two hours. Emergency services initially put the death toll at seven but this rose mid-morning to 10, according to the […]
Rome, Italy (AFP) At least seven people died when violent storms lashed central Italy and flooded roads and homes, authorities told AFP on Friday. Three people were missing, including a six-year-old child travelling in a car. The mother was rescued but the child was washed away by the floodwaters, the AGI news agency said. “According to the local prefecture, the provisional death toll is seven. The seventh body has just been found,” a civil […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — High winds and heavy rain lashed China’s densely populated east coast on Thursday, after Typhoon Muifa forced around 1.6 million people to leave their homes and grounded most flights at Shanghai’s main airports. Muifa is the strongest tropical cyclone to hit Shanghai — home to more than 25 million people — since record-keeping began in 1949, state broadcaster CCTV said. However, there were no immediate reports of any deaths or […]
Shanghai, China (AFP) All passenger flights at Shanghai’s two international airports have been cancelled as Typhoon Muifa nears landfall on China’s east coast, the airport operator said Wednesday. “Shanghai Airport Group will announce flight adjustments at both airports to the public in a timely manner, in line with the typhoon’s impact,” the firm said in a social media statement. Typhoon Muifa is expected to make landfall at around 7:00 pm on Wednesday (1100 GMT), […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong has broken two heat records for September in a little over a week, the city’s weather observatory said Tuesday, as the crowded financial hub swelters through one of its hottest summers. The Hong Kong Observatory said a temperature of 35.4 degrees Celsius (95.7 Fahrenheit) was recorded on Tuesday afternoon, “once again breaking the record for highest temperature in September” since the city started keeping records in 1884. The […]
Gusty conditions forecast over extreme Northern Luzon but no tropical cyclone wind signal forecast to be hoisted (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Inday” has slightly weakened as it approaches the Yaeyama Islands of Southern Japan. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the typhoon, however, is unlikely to directly bring heavy rains in the country throughout the forecast period. As of PAGASA’s 5 a.m. weather bulletin, the The center of […]
