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Cloudy skies, rain showers expected due to ITCZ

(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Mindanao and Eastern Visayas, as a result, 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 showers or thunderstorms. […]

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Tropical storm Nicholas weakens as it heads inland

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Tropical storm Nicholas weakened as it moved inshore over Texas early Tuesday morning, with meteorologists downgrading it from a hurricane. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kilometers) per hour, with higher gusts, and was expected to dump five to 10 inches of rain over the Texas coast and upper Louisiana, weather officials said. However, they warned there could be isolated instances of storm rainfall of 20 […]

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Flood, storm surge warnings as Hurricane Nicholas heads for Texas

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Storm Nicholas strengthened to a hurricane Monday as it tracked up the Texas coast just before its expected landfall, with meteorologists warning of dangerous levels of rainfall. Nicholas was packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour, and was expected to dump up to 18 inches (around 460 millimeters) of rain in the Houston area, weather officials said. Nicholas is bringing “heavy rains, strong winds, and storm […]

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ITCZ affecting Palawan, Visayas, Mindanao: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Palawan, Central and Western Visayas, PAGASA said, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to heavy to at times intense rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, the weather bureau said, will have partly cloudy […]

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Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens to swamp Texas coast

HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas gained strength as it tracked up the Texas coast hours before its expected landfall late Monday, threatening to unleash a dangerous deluge of rainfall on the southern US state, meteorologists warned. At 2100 GMT Nicholas was located some 70 miles (115 kilometers) south of Port O’Connor on the Gulf of Mexico, with Texas’s largest city of Houston squarely in the storm’s sights, according to the National Hurricane […]

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Cloudy skies, scattered rains still expected due to southwest monsoon, ITCZ

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and scattered rains are still expected on Monday evening, Sept. 13. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Batanes and Babuyan Islands, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said these conditions were due to the southwest Monsoon affecting Luzon and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides due to heavy to at times […]

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Cloudy skies, rain showers expected due to ITCZ, southwest monsoon

(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting Luzon on Monday, Sept. 13. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is also affecting Southern Mindanao. As a result, PAGASA said Ilocos Region, MIMAROPA, Zamboanga Peninsula, Bangsamoro, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Zambales, Bataan, Abra, and Benguet will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to heavy to at times intense rains are possible. […]

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Typhoon drenches Taiwan but spares island a direct hit

  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Typhoon Chanthu unleashed powerful winds and heavy rain on eastern Taiwan Sunday, disrupting travel links and cutting electricity to some homes but sparing the island a direct hit. Downgraded from a super typhoon since its rapid formation last week, the outer edges of Chanthu pounded the eastern coastline. But the centre of the storm remained out to sea as it moved north, the central weather bureau said. The eastern regions […]

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Typhoon “Kiko” exits PAR; Signal No. 1 still hoisted over Batanes

(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Kiko” has exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility, but Batanes is still under Signal No. 1. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the typhoon left PAR at 1:10 p.m. In its 11 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the typhoon was packing maximum sustained winds of 175 kph near the center and a gustiness of up to 215 kph. PAGASA said Typhoon “Kiko” will continue to enhance the southwest […]

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Signal No. 2 still raised over Itbayat, Batanes; “Kiko” expected to exit PAR today

(Eagle News) — Signal No. 2 is still raised over Itbayat, Batanes even as Typhoon “Kiko” slightly weakened and is now over the coast of Taiwan on Sunday, Sept. 12. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northern portion of Babuyan Islands (Babuyan Is., Calayan Is., Panuitan Is.) and the rest of Batanes, meanwhile, are under Signal No. 1. “Kiko” is moving northward at 15 kph, and is so far packing maximum sustained […]

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Northern portion of Batanes under Signal No. 4 as “Kiko” crosses Itbayat coastal waters

(Eagle News) — The northern portion of Batanes remains under Signal No. 4 as Typhoon “Kiko” crosses the coastal waters of Itbayat. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the rest of Batanes is under Signal No. 3, while the northern portion of Babuyan Islands (Babuyan Is., Panuitan Is., Calayan Is.) is under Signal No. 2. The following areas, meanwhile, are under Signal No. 1: The rest of Babuyan Islands the […]

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Signal No. 4 still raised over 2 areas as Typhoon “Kiko” heads towards Batanes

(Eagle News)–Signal No. 4 remains raised over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Babuyan Islands as Typhoon “Kiko” heads towards Batanes. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northwestern portions and southeastern portions of Babuyan Islands (Panuitan, Calayan, Camiguin, Pamuktan, and Didicas, meanwhile, are under Signal No. 3, with “Kiko” situated 55 km southeast of Basco. “Kiko” is expected to pass over Batanes in the next 12 hours. Signal No. 2 is […]

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