Tropical Storm “Caloy” (international name: Hagupit) is expected to gradually weaken as it continues moving over the Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday, May 10. PAGASA said the center of Caloy was estimated at...
Tropical Storm Hagupit entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday evening, May 9, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. The state weather bureau said it was assigned the local name “Caloy.” “At 6:00 PM today,...
Despite a tropical storm approaching the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), several areas across the country still recorded dangerous heat index levels ranging from 42°C to 44°C on Friday, May 8, based on the monitoring of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, May 8, that it has activated disaster response preparations as Tropical Storm “Hagupit” moved closer to the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). PNP chief, Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. said police commanders in areas expected...
Scattered rains may persist in several parts of the country in the next seven days due to the easterlies and approaching Tropical Storm “Hagupit,” said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). In its weekly weather outlook released on Friday,...
Rains and cooler temperatures continue to affect Northern Luzon as the northeast monsoon prevails, while the tropical storm outside the country’s area of responsibility has weakened into a tropical depression, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Wednesday, March 11, said the tropical depression being monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) has intensified into a tropical storm and was given the international name “Nuri,”...
No low-pressure area (LPA) or tropical cyclone is being monitored within or near the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Tuesday, Feb. 17, as generally fair weather prevails across much of the...
Tropical Storm Basyang (Penha) brought extremely rare rainfall to Northern Mindanao on Feb. 6, with amounts so heavy they are expected to occur only once in a century, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. The downpour overwhelmed rivers and...
Tropical Depression Basyang (Penha) has weakened into a low-pressure area (LPA) while moving westward over the Sulu Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Saturday, Feb. 7. PAGASA weather specialist Leanne Loreto said the cyclone...
Tropical Depression Basyang (international name: Penha) may weaken into a low-pressure area within the next 12 hours as it continues to move over Central Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, Feb. 6. As of 4 p.m., the...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned of possible lahars and sediment-laden streamflows at Kanlaon Volcano as Tropical Depression Basyang (Penha) is expected to bring heavy to intense rainfall to Negros Island and the rest of the Visayas. In a lahar advisory...
