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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Millions of people across the western United States and Canada were hit Sunday by a new round of scorching hot temperatures, with some roads closed, train traffic limited and new evacuations ordered. In Canada, with wildfires continuing to spread — including 50 more blazes erupting in the past two days — the government announced new emergency measures aimed at preventing further fires. Sweltering conditions hit much of the Pacific […]
Mindanao also affected by ITCZ, PAGASA says (Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is also affecting Mindanao. PAGASA said Aurora, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, and Catanduanes, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila […]
(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao on Saturday, July 10. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in those areas. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country today, July 9. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, in particular, are expected in Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao. It said this was due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. The weather […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in parts of the country today, July 8. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The weather bureau said this was due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro […]
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A record-breaking heat wave that hit the western United States and Canada at the end of June would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change, according to an analysis by a group of leading climate scientists. The World Weather Attribution group said that global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, made the heat wave at least 150 times more likely to happen. Pacific Northwest areas of […]
(Eagle News) — The Inter-tropical Convergence Zone is affecting parts of Visayas and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in Palawan, Mindanao, and Eastern and Central Visayas as a result. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. PAGASA […]
(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, Davao Region and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The weather bureau said flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the […]
by Eva Marie Uzcategui with Chris Lefkow in Washington SURFSIDE, United States (AFP) — Rescuers on Tuesday combed through the debris of a deadly condo tower collapse in Florida as Tropical Storm Elsa threatened to complicate the delicate search mission with strong winds and heavy rain. The death toll from the June 24 disaster in Surfside, a town north of Miami Beach, rose to 36 as search teams found four more bodies in the rubble, […]
(Eagle News) — “Emong” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Emong” slightly weakened and is now situated 335 km northwest of Itbayat, Batanes. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center, gustiness of up to 55 kph, with a central pressure of 1004 hPa. It is moving northwestward at 20 kph, with strong winds extending outwards up to 200 […]
ATAMI, Japan (AFP) — Rescuers were holding out hope of finding at least 64 people buried under the mud and wreckage of a Japanese holiday town that was hit by a devastating landslide, with teams set to resume the desperate search for survivors Tuesday. Soldiers and emergency workers used hand-held poles and mechanical diggers to sift through the muddy debris, two days after a torrent of earth slammed down a mountainside and through part of […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — After battering Cuba with a dangerous storm surge, mudslides and “flooding rains,” Tropical Storm Elsa gained slightly in intensity on Monday as it headed north toward the Florida Keys, the US National Hurricane Center reported. The storm left a trail of destruction through the Caribbean, claiming at least three lives. But Florida appeared to be getting a bit of a break, as forecasters shifted its likely path westward, suggesting not the […]
