Widespread flooding due to heavy rainfall brought by the trough of a low pressure area (LPA), shear line, and northeast monsoon (amihan) since Jan. 2 has already dealt P308 million worth of damage to the country’s agriculture and infrastructure. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel rescue a...
A military personnel was found dead on Wednesday, Jan. 11, after apparently drowning while on his way to the municipal disaster risk reduction and management office (MDDRMO) in San Isidro, Northern Samar to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) operation for flood victims in...
(SATELLITE IMAGE / PAGASA WEBSITE) The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned against flooding in low-lying areas and landslides in mountainous areas due to the prevalence of three rain-inducing weather systems—the low pressure area (LPA),...
(SATELLITE IMAGE / PAGASA WEBSITE) The low pressure area (LPA) east of Mindanao still has a slim chance of developing into a tropical depression in 24 hours, but the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said it is not ruling out the possibility of an...
(MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) The low pressure area (LPA) and shear line are expected to continue to bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)...
More than 12,000 individuals have been forced to flee their homes due to heavy rains brought by the trough of a low pressure area (LPA) inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) disclosed Tuesday, Jan. 10. Heavy rains due to the trough of a low pressure...
(MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) The low pressure area (LPA) and northeast monsoon may continue to bring light to heavy rains over parts of the country in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Tuesday, Jan. 10. PAGASA said the...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Due to the low-pressure area (LPA) affecting Visayas and Mindanao, heavy rain and flooding were experienced here and other areas in Eastern Visayas on Monday, Jan. 9. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council issued a red rainfall warning in Leyte and Biliran,...
(MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) The trough or extension of the low pressure area (LPA) spotted outside the country’s area of responsibility may continue to cause rains over parts of Visayas and Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on...
The state weather bureau is monitoring three weather systems – a low pressure area, the shear line, and the northeast monsoon – that may continue to bring rains in most parts of the country in the next 24-hour period. This newly-formed LPA was last spotted 1,000 kilometers (km) east of...
Humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) units from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have been deployed to various areas in the National Capital Region (NCR), Eastern Visayas (Region 8), and Mimaropa (Region 4B) to assist communities that were...
Classes were declared suspended by several local government units (LGUs) due to inclement weather on Thursday, Jan. 5. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on their respective announcements, LGUs in various areas suspended classes in public and private schools at all levels in several...
