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PAGASA: Shear line affecing eastern section of Visayas

Luzon, rest of Visayas affected by northeast monsoon (Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting the eastern section of Visayas. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the northeast monsoon is also affecting Luzon and the rest of Visayas. PAGASA said, as a result, Davao Region, Caraga, Samar, Eastern Samar and Northern Samar will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to […]

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PAGASA: Northeast monsoon affecting Luzon

(Eagle News) –The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Cagayan Valley, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with rains. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Meanwhile, Southern Palawan, Zamboanga Peninsula, BARMM, SOCCSKSARGEN and Davao Region […]

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Brazil storm death toll rises to 152

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The death toll from torrential rains that triggered flash floods and landslides in the scenic Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 152, authorities said Sunday, as the pope sent his condolences. Rescue workers and residents searching for their missing relatives continued digging through mountains of mud and rubble in the southeastern city, which President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday looked like “scenes of war.” Police said 165 people remain […]

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Northeast monsoon affecting Northern, Central Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley, as a result, will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Central Luzon will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Meanwhile, Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN, BARMM, and Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods […]

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Eight dead as Storm Eunice batters Europe

by Jitendra JOSHI / James PHEBY LONDON, United States (AFP) — Storm Eunice killed at least eight people in Europe on Friday, pummelling Britain with record-breaking winds and forcing millions to take shelter as it disrupted flights, trains and ferries across Western Europe. London was eerily empty after the British capital was placed under its first ever “red” weather warning, meaning there was “danger to life”. By nightfall, police there said a woman in her […]

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PAGASA: Trough of LPA affecting Mindanao

Northern, Central Luzon also affected by northeast monsoon (Eagle News)–The trough of a low pressure area is affecting Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the northeast monsoon is also affecting Northern and Central Luzon. As a result, Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and […]

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PAGASA: Northeast monsoon affecting N. Luzon

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

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Storm halts rail, air travel in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — A heavy storm swept across Germany on the night of Wednesday into Thursday, grounding flights and trains and forcing schools in several states to close. Police warned residents to stay home and avoid parks or forests, as gale-force winds whipped in from the north of the country. The strongest winds were felt on Brocken, the highest point in the Harz highlands in central Germany, with speeds of up to 152 kilometres […]

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Rescuers scour for survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 94

by Louis GENOT / Florian PLAUCHEUR PETROPOLIS, Brazil (AFP) — Rescue workers raced against the clock Wednesday searching for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, killing at least 94 people. Streets were turned into torrential rivers and houses swept away Tuesday when heavy storms dumped a month’s worth of rain in three hours on the scenic tourist town in the hills […]

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PAGASA: Northeast monsoon affecting N. Luzon

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with light rains as a result. Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Northern Luzon, the eastern […]

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18 dead in storms near Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro: firefighters

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least 18 people Tuesday in a tourist town in the hills above Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian firefighters said. “So far, 18 deaths caused by landslides and floods have been confirmed” in recent hours, the Rio de Janeiro Fire Department said in a statement. It said more than 180 firefighters and other rescue workers were at the scene in the picturesque […]

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PAGASA: Shear line affecting eastern section of Central Luzon

N. Luzon and rest of Central Luzon also affected by northeast monsoon (Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting the eastern section of Central 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. PAGASA said Aurora and the northern portion of Quezon, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or […]

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