Visayas affected by shear line (Eagle News) — The trough of a low pressure area is affecting the southern section of Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the shear line is also affecting Visayas. As a result, Visayas, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila and […]
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PAGASA: Trough of LPA affecting Mindanao
Luzon, Visayas affected by easterlies (Eagle News) — The trough of a low-pressure area is affecting Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the easterlies are also affecting Luzon and Visayas. The weather bureau said Eastern and Central Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, and Davao Region 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 […]
PAGASA: Trough of LPA affecting eastern section of Mindanao
(Eagle News) — The trough of a low pressure area is affecting the eastern section of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting Luzon and Visayas. According to PAGASA, as a result, Caraga and Davao Region 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 […]
PAGASA: Cloudy skies, rain showers expected as easterlies affect the country
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the country. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said 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. According to the weather bureau, the eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and Northern Luzon will have moderate to strong winds […]
Shear line affecting eastern section of Central, Southern Luzon: PAGASA
Northern Luzon and the rest of Central Luzon affected by northeast monsoon (Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting the eastern section of Central and Southern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the northeast monsoon is also affecting Northern Luzon and the rest of Central Luzon. Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, PAGASA said, are expected over Caraga. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at […]
PAGASA: Trough of low pressure area affecting Mindanao
Eastern section of N. Luzon also affected by shear line, weather bureau says (Eagle News) — The trough of a low pressure area is affecting Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the shear line is also affecting the eastern section of Northern Luzon. As a result, PAGASA said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times […]
Brazil storm death toll passes 200: police
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) – The death toll from flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rain in the Brazilian city of Petropolis has surpassed 200, authorities said Wednesday, as they continue to recover bodies more than a week after the storm. Around 51 people are still missing, but that number is expected to go down as bodies are identified and families are reunited, police said. Among the 204 bodies recovered, 188 had been […]
Shear line affecting eastern sections of S. Luzon, Visayas: PAGASA
(Eagle News)– The shear line is affecting the eastern sections of Southern Luzon and Visayas. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the northeast monsoon is also affecting Northern and Central Luzon. PAGASA said Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Apayao, and Aurora, meanwhile, […]
Cyclone Emnati lashes Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AFP) — Cyclone Emnati overnight lashed the island nation of Madagascar, still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier this month, local authorities said Wednesday. The cyclone “made landfall around 2300 GMT just north of the southeastern district of Manakara,” Faly Aritiana Fabien, a senior official of the National Risk Management Office (BNGRC) told AFP. No casualties have been reported yet. The storm, which passed just north of Indian Ocean islands of […]
One dead, 10 feared missing in Australia floods
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — One person was found dead in a submerged car and 10 others were reportedly missing on Wednesday after heavy rain caused flash flooding in eastern Australia and set off a string of emergency warnings up and down the Pacific coast. The body of the drowned 60-year-old was found early Wednesday in the state of Queensland, premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told parliament, describing the incident as a “tragedy”. Almost half a meter (1.5 […]
PAGASA: Shear line affecting eastern portions of S. Luzon, Visayas
(Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting the eastern sections of Southern Luzon and Visayas. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the northeast monsoon is also affecting Northern and Central Luzon. PAGASA said Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Caraga, Davao Region, Aklan, Capiz, Quezon, and Aurora will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms as a result. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy […]
UN says ‘race against time’ as new storm nears Madagascar
The UN warned Tuesday that authorities and aid workers were racing against the clock to protect people as Madagascar braces for its fourth tropical storm in as many weeks. Cyclone Emnati is expected to make landfall on southern Madagascar Tuesday evening — just weeks after the island was lashed by Cyclone Batsirai on February 5, affecting some 270,000 people and claiming 120 lives. At the same time, some 21,000 people still remain displaced from when […]





