Tropical Cyclone Francisco (international name “Mekkhala) weakened from a super typhoon into a typhoon on Tuesday morning, June 23, but the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned that its outer rain bands could still bring heavy rains and...
Typhoon Francisco (international name: Mekkhala) has intensified into a super typhoon on Monday evening, June 22, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. As of 8 p.m, the center of the eye of the typhoon was located 475 kilometers east of...
Typhoon Francisco (international name “Mekkhala”) is on the verge of becoming a super typhoon as it rapidly intensifies over the Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Monday afternoon, June 22. As of 4 p.m., the center...
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the immediate preventive suspension of Catanduanes Vice Governor Robert Fernandez and 11 members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan over alleged irregularities involving the province’s Quick Response Fund (QRF) following the onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan in...
Hot and humid conditions are expected to persist in the coming days as generally fair weather prevails, with chances of localized rain showers or thunderstorms, according to the state weather bureau’s latest outlook from April 10 to 17. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical...
The tropical depression being monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) may enter the country’s monitoring area next week, but the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the chance of landfall remains low. Once inside the...
Two months after Super Typhoon “Uwan” battered the country, fresh international aid arrived as the government of India turned over additional humanitarian supplies for families affected in Cebu on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The Philippine Air Force (PAF), through the Air Logistics Command, facilitated...
Nearly two weeks after Super Typhoon “Uwan” battered mainland Luzon and parts of Visayas and Mindanao, search and retrieval teams were still finding victims, with five more bodies recovered that raised the national death toll to 33, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...
The combined death toll from Super Typhoon “Uwan” and Typhoon “Tino” has climbed to 297, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed on Monday, Nov. 17, as government teams continued ground inspections in hardest-hit provinces. Uwan has claimed 28 lives, left two people missing, and injured...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has launched a probe into allegations that 98 business process outsourcing (BPO) companies forced their employees to report to work despite life-threatening conditions during Super Typhoon “Uwan.” The move followed a formal complaint by the BPO...
Most parts of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms on Thursday, Nov. 13, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. PAGASA weather specialist Chenel Dominguez said Tropical Depression...
Tributes to the Sierra Madre Mountain Range — stretching more than 500 kilometers from Cagayan in the north to Quezon in the south — filled social media after Super typhoon Uwan’s feared devastation turned out to be less severe than expected. Nearly 1.5 million people were evacuated ahead of...
