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PAGASA: “Emong” may make landfall in vicinity of Batanes-Babuyan Islands this afternoon or tonight

(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Emong” has maintained its strength as it continues to move closer towards the Batanes and Babuyan Islands area. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Signal No. 1 remains raised over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gonzaga) including Babuyan Islands, with the center of Tropical Depression “Emong”was estimated  315 km east of Aparri, Cagayan. So far, it is packing maximum sustained winds of […]

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Signal No. 1 still raised over Batanes, northeast portion of Cagayan as “Emong” maintains its strength

(Eagle News) — Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes and the northeast portion of Batanes and the northeastern portion of Cagayan  including Babuyan Islands as Tropical Depression “Emong” maintained its strength and moved towards extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said so far, the center of the tropical depression was estimated 385 kilometers east northeast of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan or 385 km east of Aparri, Cagayan. It was packing […]

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Rescuers search for survivors in landslide-hit Japan town

by with Shingo ITO in Tokyo / Quentin TYBERGHIEN ATAMI, Japan (AFP) — Rescuers in a Japanese holiday town hit by a deadly landslide were forced to suspend their search for survivors several times on Sunday as more rain lashed the devastated area. Two women were confirmed dead after torrents of mud crashed through part of the hot-spring resort of Atami in central Japan on Saturday morning, following days of heavy downpours. Nineteen people have […]

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Storm Elsa cuts through Caribbean after claiming three lives

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Tropical storm Elsa battered Jamaica and Cuba with winds and rain Sunday after claiming at least three lives while cutting a path of destruction through the Caribbean, authorities said. Flooding, mudslides and destructive gusts were expected as the storm — downgraded from hurricane status but still powerful — crept north toward the United States. “Across portions of southern Haiti and Jamaica, storm total rainfall of 4 to 8 inches (10 to […]

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Cyprus worst forest fire in decades kills four

by Valentine girl with Charlie Charalambous in Larnaca ARAKAPAS, Cyprus (AFP) — Cyprus said a deadly forest fire that was the worst to hit the island in decades was close to being brought under control Sunday after water bombing by Greek and Israeli aircraft. Fanned by strong winds, the fire broke out Saturday afternoon and swept through the southern foothills of the Troodos mountain range as the country grappled with a blistering heatwave. The fire […]

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“Emong” slightly intensifies

(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Cagayan including the Babuyan Islands as Tropical Depression “Emong” slightly intensified and moved over the Philippine Sea. In its recent bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Emong” was so far situated 780 kilometers east of Virac, packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and a gustiness of up to 70 kph. It is forecast to […]

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Signal No. 1 raised over Batanes, northeastern portion of Cagayan as LPA develops into TD “Emong”

(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 has been raised over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Cagayan including the Babuyan Group of Islands with the low pressure area off  Samar now  a tropical depression. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Emong,” as it is called, was so far situated 700 kilometers east northeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar or 790 kilometers northeast of Catarman, Northern Samar. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph […]

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PAGASA monitoring two low pressure areas

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring two low pressure areas. PAGASA said one of them was spotted 815 km east of Borongan City, Eastern Samar. The other, it said, was situated 120 km east of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. The weather bureau said Metro Manila, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA. Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers […]

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Two bodies found after Japan landslide sweeps away homes, 20 people still missing

  by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Two bodies were found after a huge landslide at a resort town in central Japan swept away homes on Saturday following days of heavy rain, with around 20 people still missing, officials said. Television footage showed a torrent of mud obliterating buildings as it crashed down a hillside in Atami, southwest of Tokyo, sending people fleeing as it buried part of a road. “I […]

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PAGASA: Trough of LPA affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

(Eagle News) — The trough of a low pressure area is affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. As a result,, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, Visayas, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, and Quezon 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 will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]

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Tens of millions sizzle in India’s severe heatwave

  by Jalees ANDRABI Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Tens of millions of people in India were suffering Friday under a severe heatwave that has pushed the temperature to a nine-year high in Delhi as monsoon rains run behind schedule. Heatwaves have killed over 6,500 people in the world’s second-most populous nation since 2010, and scientists say climate change is making them harsher and more frequent. Daytime temperatures were above 40 degrees […]

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Approximately 1,000 evacuated as Canadian fires engulf town

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — About 1,000 people were evacuated in western Canada, authorities said Thursday, as fires raged amid an unprecedented heatwave, charring most of at least one town. The province of British Columbia has recorded 62 new fires in the past 24 hours, premier John Horgan told a press conference. “I cannot stress enough how extreme the fire risk is at this time in almost every part of British Columbia,” Horgan said. The town […]

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