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Southwest monsoon affecting western section of Northern Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Cagayan and Batanes will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to […]

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PAGASA: Southwest monsoon affecting Luzon

(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Bataan and Zambales will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain […]

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Kentucky flood death toll hits 28 with more bodies expected

by Seth Herald Agence France-Presse JACKSON, United States (AFP) — Kentucky’s governor predicted bodies will continue to be found “for weeks” as the death toll from devastating flooding rose Sunday to 28 and rescuers embarked on a long and grueling effort to locate victims. Some areas in the mountainous region are still inaccessible following the flooding in the state’s east that turned roads into rivers, washed out bridges and swept away houses. Off-and-on rain plus […]

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Eight dead in ‘devastating’ Kentucky flooding

by Leandro Lozada Agence France-Presse JACKSON, United States (AFP) — Flash flooding caused by torrential rains has killed at least eight people in eastern Kentucky and left some residents stranded on rooftops and in trees, the governor of the south-central US state said Thursday. The world has been hit by extreme weather events in recent months, incidents that scientists say are an unmistakable sign of climate change. “This is going to be the worst flooding […]

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UK sea levels rising quicker than century ago: study

  by Joe JACKSON Agence France Presse Sea levels are increasing around Britain at a far faster rate than a century ago while the country is warming slightly more than the global average, leading meteorologists said Thursday. The annual study — the State of the UK Climate 2021 — found recent decades have been “warmer, wetter and sunnier” than the 20th century. It comes hot on the heels of temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 […]

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PAGASA monitoring tropical depression off Northern Luzon

Two LPAs also being monitored  (Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression off Northern Luzon. According to the weather bureau, it is also monitoring 2 low pressure areas. One of them, the weather bureau said, was located 575 kilometers east northeast of Itbayat, Batanes. The other is located 335 kilometers west of Sinait, Ilocos Sur. PAGASA said so far, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers […]

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Rainfall advisory raised over parts of Mindanao

(Eagle News) — A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, light to moderate with occasionally heavy rains are affecting Davao Occidental (Jose Abad Santos, Sarangani), Zamboanga del Sur (Vincenzo A. Sagun, Dimataling, Dinas, Margosatubig, San Pablo, Pagadian, Kumalarang), and Zamboanga Sibugay (Ipil, Kabasalan, Naga, Roseller Lim, Siay, Titay, Tungawan, Payao). The same conditions are also affecting Zamboanga del Norte (Siocon and Sirawai) […]

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One person killed fighting Morocco forest fire

RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — One volunteer firefighter has been killed and another injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco, where new blazes have broken out after a few days of calm, according to local authorities. The two victims were helping Monday in operations to extinguish a fire in Tanouate province near Fez and Meknes, local sources told AFP. The injured volunteer was hospitalized but his life was not in danger. Firefighting services were working […]

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Firefighters tackle California wildfire as heat grips parts of US

by David McNew with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France-Presse MIDPINES, United States (AFP) — Firefighters were battling California’s largest wildfire of the summer on Monday, a blaze near famed Yosemite National Park that has forced thousands of people to evacuate, officials said. The Oak Fire in central California broke out on Friday and is raging while parts of the United States remain in the grip of a sweltering heat wave. The fire in Mariposa […]

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Thousands evacuated as California wildfire grows

Midpines, United States | AFP by David McNew with Michael Mathes in Washington A fierce California wildfire expanded Sunday, burning several thousand acres and forcing evacuations as tens of millions of Americans sweltered through scorching heat. More than 2,000 firefighters backed by 17 helicopters have been deployed against the Oak Fire, which broke out Friday near Yosemite National Park, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) said in a report. But two […]

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China swelters under record heat

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Cities across China were on red alert for heatwaves on Monday, as tens of millions of people were warned to stay indoors and record temperatures strained energy supply. Swathes of the planet have been hit by extreme and deadly heatwaves in recent months, from Western Europe in July to India in March to April. Scientists say the extreme weather has become more frequent due to climate change, and will likely grow […]

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Thousands evacuated as California wildfire grows

by David McNew with Michael Mathes in Washington Agence France-Presse MIDPINES, United States (AFP) — A fierce California wildfire expanded Sunday, burning several thousand acres and forcing evacuations as tens of millions of Americans sweltered through scorching heat. More than 2,000 firefighters backed by 17 helicopters have been deployed against the Oak Fire, which broke out Friday near Yosemite National Park, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) said in a report. […]

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