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Extreme northern Luzon at risk due to these two weather disturbances (Eagle News) – The super typhoon with the internationalname “Hinnamnor” further intensified with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 240 km/hr as it nears the Philippines. The country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, forecasts that the super typhoon would enter the country on Wednesday night. At 8 p.m., PAGASA says “Hinnamnor” would already be 730 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A “dangerous” heat wave was taking hold of the southwestern United States Tuesday, with punishing temperatures expected for the next week. Forecasters said the mercury could reach as high as 112 Fahrenheit (44 Celsius) in the densely populated Los Angeles suburbs as a heat dome settles in over parts of California, Nevada and Arizona. “Dangerously hot conditions expected through the week,” the National Weather Service warned. “A prolonged period […]
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP) The United Nations and the Pakistani government launched an emergency appeal for $160 million on Tuesday to help those hardest hit by the devastating floods in the country. The funds will provide 5.2 million people with food, water, sanitation, emergency education, protection and health support, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a video statement, calling the flooding a “colossal crisis”. The aid, covering the initial six months of the crisis response, will […]
by Ashraf Khan, with Zain Zaman Janjua and Emma Clark in Nowshera Agence France-Presse SUKKUR, Pakistan (AFP) — Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan on Tuesday to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives. The rains that began in June have unleashed the worst flooding in more than a decade, washing away swathes of vital crops […]
Sukkur, Pakistan (AFP) by Ashraf KHAN Tens of millions of people across swathes of Pakistan were Monday battling the worst monsoon floods in a decade, with countless homes washed away, vital farmland destroyed, and the country’s main river threatening to burst its banks. Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said a third of the country was under water, creating a “crisis of unimaginable proportions”. Officials say 1,061 people have died since June when the seasonal […]
by Ashraf KHAN Agence France-Presse SUKKUR, Pakistan (AFP) — A huge relief operation was under way Monday and international aid began trickling in as Pakistan struggled to deal with monsoon flooding that has affected more than 33 million people. Officials said 1,061 people have died since June when the seasonal rains began, but the final toll could be higher as hundreds of villages in the mountainous north have been cut off by flood-swollen rivers washing […]
(Eagle News) — The ridge of a high pressure area is extending over the eastern sections of Southern Luzon and Visayas. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms are expected over Bicol region, Northern Samar, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque and Romblon. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms will also prevail over the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,033, according to figures released Sunday by the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). It said 119 people had died in the previous 24 hours as heavy rains continued to lash parts of the country. The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the Indian subcontinent, but each year it also brings […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heat wave has spread out across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan Plateau, according to official data released ahead of more searing temperatures on Thursday. The world’s second-largest economy has been hit by heatwaves, flash floods and droughts — phenomena that scientists say are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Southern China has recorded its longest continuous […]
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting the western sections of Northern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The western section of Luzon, PAGASA said, will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters. […]
London, United Kingdom (AFP) by Phil HAZLEWOOD Searing summer temperatures in the UK have not just parched the earth and dried up rivers, lakes and reservoirs but are also seeing trees shed their leaves early. Instead of green, many gardens, parks and woods are now a sea of orange, yellow, red and brown, with thick carpets of leaves on the ground. The early leaf fall — dubbed a “false autumn” — is a sign […]
Hong Kong, China (AFP) A powerful typhoon was approaching southern China on Wednesday evening, prompting Hong Kong to issue its third highest storm warning as neighbouring Macau and other nearby coastal cities prepared for the prospect of a direct hit. Typhoon Ma-on — which shares a name with a mountain in Hong Kong and translates as “saddle” — was packing wind speeds of up to 110 kilometres (62 miles) per hour on Wednesday evening and […]
