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PAGASA: Easterlies affecting PHL

(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will also have the same conditions. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to the weather bureau, the Philippines will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.

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Earthquake, storm and floods: no relief in sight for Haiti as toll rises

by Amelie BARON LES CAYES, Haiti (AFP) — The death toll from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti has risen to 1,941, the Caribbean nation’s civil protection agency said Tuesday, as a tropical storm brought torrential downpours on survivors already coping with catastrophe. More than 9,900 people were wounded when the quake struck the southwestern part of the Caribbean nation on Saturday, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the west of the capital Port-au-Prince, […]

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PAGASA: Easterlies affecting PHL

(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, and Zamboanga Peninsula will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will also have the same conditions. PAGASA […]

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Cloudy skies, rain showers expected due to easterlies, LPA

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in the Philippines on Monday, Aug. 16. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Batanes, and Babuyan Islands, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to a low pressure area  estimated  55 kilometers northwest of Baguio City, Benguet. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the […]

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PAGASA monitoring LPA off Camarines Norte

Easterlies affecting eastern sections of Visayas, Mindanao (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Camarines Norte. According to the weather bureau, the easterlies are also affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. Central Luzon, Bicol Region and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila will have partly […]

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Erdogan visits Turkish flood victims as death toll hits 38

by Dmitry ZAKS ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — The death toll from Turkey’s flash floods soared to at least 38 on Friday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited one of the hardest-hit cities to lead a prayer for the victims and pledge government help. The devastation across Turkey’s northern Black Sea regions came just as the disaster-hit country was gaining control over hundreds of wildfires that killed eight people and destroyed swathes of forest along its […]

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US agency reports July was world’s hottest month on record

    by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France Presse July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, a US scientific agency said Friday, in the latest data to sound the alarm about the climate crisis. “July is typically the world’s warmest month of the year, but July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and month ever recorded,” said Rick Spinrad, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “This new record adds to the […]

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PAGASA monitoring LPA off Virac, Catanduanes

Easterlies affecting eastern section of Mindanao. (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Virac, Catanduanes. PAGASA said the easterlies are also affecting the eastern section of Mindanao. Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over Eastern Visayas due to the LPA. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila  will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]

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2,000 evacuated after landslide in northern India

SHIMLA, India (AFP) — At least 2,000 people were evacuated on Friday after a massive landslide in India’s ecologically fragile Himalayan north blocked a major river, officials said. The people were evacuated from 13 villages in the Lahaul area of Himachal Pradesh state as a “preventative measure” in case of flash floods, a senior district official told AFP. Hundreds of tonnes of rocks and other debris slid into and partially blocked the Chenab — one […]

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21 dead as torrential rainfall batters central China

BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least 21 people died as heavy downpours struck central China’s Hubei province, authorities said Friday, weeks after record floods wreaked havoc and killed hundreds in a neighbouring province. China has been battered by unprecedented rains in recent months, extreme weather that experts say is increasingly common due to global warming. In Hubei, torrential rains caused power cuts and landslides, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing the evacuation of nearly 6,000 […]

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Tens of thousands urged to evacuate as heavy rain hits Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tens of thousands of people were urged to evacuate on Friday as “unprecedented” levels of torrential rain hit western Japan, raising the risk of floods and landslides, the weather agency said. The downpours are forecast to continue for several days over a large swathe of the country, from the northern Tohoku region to Kyushu in the south. “There is a possibility that a grave disaster will occur” in the coming days, […]

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Spain battles wildfires as heatwave kicks in

MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Firefighters battled three wildfires in Spain on Thursday as a heatwave that has enveloped southeastern Europe in recent days shifted west towards the Iberian peninsula. Dozens of firefighters backed by four water-dropping aircraft were on the scene of a blaze in the northeastern province of Tarragona which has so far destroyed some 40 hectares (100 acres) of protected forest, local officials said. Two smaller fires were burning in the northern wine-producing […]

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