While the low pressure area (LPA) is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) in the next 24 hours, it may still bring rains over most of Luzon on Thursday, Aug. 18 along with the southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and...
The southwest monsoon, locally called habagat, has further weakened, but it is still expected to bring scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over parts of Luzon in the next 24 hours, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday, Aug....
A new low pressure area (LPA) has formed 180 kilometers (km) east of Guiuan, eastern Samar and it will bring rains over southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao in the next 24-hour period, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday, Aug....
PANGASINAN – An official of the PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) has advised the public to take precautions, especially monsoon season (July-Sept), because of lightning. Lightning strikes as seen in the municipality of Calasiao on June 10....
Easterlies or the warm and humid winds from the Pacific Ocean may bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over most of the country, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Thursday, July 21. (Screengrab / PAGASA...
Most of the country will continue to experience partly cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms despite the weakening of the low pressure area (LPA) off Itbayat, Batanes and the southwest monsoon locally known as “habagat,” the state weather bureau said on Thursday, July 14....
Former President Rodrigo Duterte (JOEY DALUMPINES / PRESIDENTIAL FILE PHOTO) A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from April 19 to 29, 2022 has found that 78 percent of Filipinos were satisfied, 9 percent undecided, and 13 percent dissatisfied with the performance of former President...
Photo by Vlad Chețan from Pexels. La Niña is a weather system associated with above-average rainfall in western Pacific countries such as the Philippines. It leads to flooding in lowland farm areas which then results in damaged crops or delayed planting seasons. The Philippine Atmospheric,...
A FLASHFOOD rages on a street in Banaue, Ifugao Thursday, July 7 from a heavy downpour caused by the southwest monsoon. (DPWH-CAR photo) BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT)-Cordillera has temporarily suspended tourism activities and banned tourists from heading to Banaue, Ifugao...
At least 1,500 individuals or 500 families were affected by a flashflood that ravaged six barangays in Banaue, Ifugao on Thursday afternoon, July 7. (Photo courtesy of Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Erwin Tulfo) The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) Administrator Vicente Malano, on Thursday, July 7, disclosed that two tropical cyclones may develop and enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) next week. (PIXABAY) July signals the peak of typhoon...
The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will continue to affect southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao in the next 24 hours, the state weather bureau said on Thursday, July 7. (PIXABAY) ITCZ is an area where the winds from the northern and southern hemispheres meet. This interaction often leads to...
