(MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) Scattered light to occasional heavy rains may persist in parts of southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas because of the prevalence of a low pressure area (LPA) east of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on...
The Cainta municipal government suspended classes in all levels, public and private schools, in the municipality on Monday, Jan. 16. Mayor Elen Nieto, in an advisory, announced that the effect of the Low Pressure Area (LPA), a shear line, and the northeast monsoon has prompted the local government...
A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel helps evacuate a child from a flooded area in Zamboanga on Jan. 11. CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PNA) – The two-week rains caused by a low-pressure area (LPA) in Northern Mindanao affected 59,000 individuals, left seven dead, and damaged more than P22-million worth of...
The number of fatalities from the bad weather system that affected almost all parts of the country in the past days has already reached 27, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) disclosed on Sunday, Jan. 15. This, as the NDRRMC reported that there were seven other...
(SATELLITE IMAGE / PAGASA WEBSITE) The low pressure area (LPA) east of the country may continue to bring scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms over most of the country in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on...
RESIDENTS wade through a road in Jipapad town, Eastern Samar province flooded by incessant rain on Wednesday, Jan. 11. (Handout/Jipapad Mayor Benjamin Ver/AFP) TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Calbayog and the local government units of Gandara, Basey, and San Jorge in Samar have...
Two weather systems are expected to continue bringing rains in most parts of the country on Saturday, Jan. 14, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. (Pixabay) These two weather systems, according to the state weather bureau, are the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army assured assistance to the family of a soldier who drowned while on his way to help flood victims in San Isidro, Northern Samar. The Army mourned the death of Corporal Jerry Palacio of the 43rd Infantry Battalion (IB). "Our thoughts and prayers are with Corporal...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- Western US states were readying Thursday for yet more torrid weather as so-called atmospheric rivers lined up to dump heavy rain across the already soaked region. Driftwood and other storm debris sit washed up in front of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk amusement park...
Self-Rated Poverty from March 2019 to December 2022 (SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS) Fifty-one percent of Filipino families or about 12.9 million households have rated themselves as “mahirap” or poor, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Thursday, Jan. 12....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Classes on all levels and work in the city government remain suspended on Thursday, Jan. 12, due to inclement weather from the shear line and low-pressure area. MAYOR John Dalipe (left) leads the distribution of relief packs to flood victims in a Zamboanga City evacuation center...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipalities of Gandara and Basey in Samar have declared a state of calamity due to the damage caused by heavy rain and flood spawned by the shear line and low-pressure area (LPA) affecting Eastern Visayas. The Sangguniang Bayan of Basey, during its special session on...
