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Two million rushed to shelters as India braces for another cyclone

KOLKATA, India (AFP) — A powerful cyclone headed for eastern India Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of nearly two million people just a week after another huge storm claimed at least 155 lives on the west coast. Cyclone Yaas in the Bay of Bengal is expected to slam into West Bengal and Odisha states around midday on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department said, and could bring winds of up to 165 kilometres (100 miles) per hour. […]

Easterlies affecting PHL today

(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines today. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated […]

Cloudy skies, isolated rains expected today

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with isolated rains are expected in parts of the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, in particular, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers. The rest of the Philippines will experience the same conditions. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Palawan will have moderate winds and moderate coastal waters. Visayas, the rest of Luzon, […]

Easterlies affecting PHL today

(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines today. 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. PAGASA said the rest of the country will also experience the same conditions. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Meanwhile, PAGASA said Palawan will have moderate winds and moderate coastal waters. The rest of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, […]

Another cyclone looms for India, week after deadly storm

KOLKATA, India (AFP) — A severe cyclone is brewing off India’s eastern coast, the nation’s weather bureau warned Sunday, as the death toll rose from a major storm that wreaked havoc in the west of the virus-hit nation last week. Moving northwards in the Bay of Bengal, the depression was set to form a cyclone — to be dubbed Yaas — before intensifying and hitting the eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday, […]

Cloudy skies, rain showers expected due to easterlies

(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. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will 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. Slight to moderate coastal waters are also […]

ITCZ affecting Southern Mindanao: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Southern Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN and Bangsamoro will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms as a result. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other, hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain […]

ITCZ affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

Rest of Luzon affected by easterlies (Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the rest of Luzon. PAGASA said as a result, Bicol Region, MIMAROPA, Visayas, and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and […]

New India cyclone warning as death toll rises

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — A major new storm was brewing in the Bay of Bengal off India’s east coast, forecasters warned Thursday, just days after the biggest cyclone to hit the west of the country in decades left at least 110 people confirmed dead. Scientists say cyclones in the region are becoming both more frequent and stronger as climate change leads to warmer sea temperatures. Cyclone Tauktae pummelled India’s western coast late Monday and left […]

Cloudy skies, rain showers expected in the PHL today

(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rain showers are expected in  the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Mindanao, and Palawan, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said these conditions were due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Visayas, Mindanao, and Palawan. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest […]

ITCZ affecting Mindanao, Visayas, Palawan, PAGASA says

Rest of PHL affected by easterlies (Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Mindanao, Visayas, and Palawan. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies, meanwhile, are affecting the rest of the country. As a result, PAGASA said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and […]

33 dead, dozens missing as cyclone batters Covid-stricken India

by Sam Panthaky MAHUVA, India (AFP) — At least 33 people died and more than 90 were missing on Tuesday after a monster cyclone slammed India, compounding the country’s woes as it posted a new record number of coronavirus deaths in 24 hours. The swirling system dubbed Cyclone Tauktae is the latest in what experts say is a growing number of increasingly severe storms in the Arabian Sea as climate change warms its waters. Hundreds […]