Travel along three national roads in the Visayas and Bicol regions was disrupted on Friday morning, July 18, due to heavy rains brought by the enhanced "habagat" ( southwest monsoon) and tropical storm "Crising," the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported. In a situational...
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – All 19 municipalities and one component city of La Union and 47 out of 48 local governments of Pangasinan suspended classes on Friday due to inclement weather caused by tropical storm ‘’Crising.’’ La Union and the northern portion of Pangasinan are under tropical...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, July 18, said that Tropical Storm Crising (international name: “Wipha”), which slightly intensified as it moved west-northwestward toward mainland Cagayan and the Babuyan Islands, may reach the...
LEGAZPI CITY – Nearly 100 passengers were stranded in three ports in the Bicol region due to tropical storm “Crising,” the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Friday. PCG-5 (Bicol) commander Commodore Ivan Roldan said 64 passengers and 21 roll-on, roll-off (RoRo) ships were stranded at the...
Tropical cyclone “Crising” (international name: “Wipha”) intensified from a tropical depression into a tropical storm at 2 a.m. on Friday, July 18, as it moved closer to Northern Luzon, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to...
5 p.m., July 19 “Crising” left the Philippine Area of Responsibility around 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, PAGASA reported. As of 4 p.m., the storm was 345 kilometers west of Itbayat, Batanes, with maximum sustained winds of 100 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 125 kph. It was moving...
The southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” will continue to bring rains over parts of the country, while a tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is not likely to have a direct impact, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
PAGASA Severe Tropical Storm “Pepito” (international name: Man-yi) is expected to bring heavy rains to several areas in Luzon and Eastern Visayas this weekend, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, Nov. 15. PAGASA Weather...
PAGASA The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned on Thursday, Nov. 14 that Severe Tropical Storm “Pepito” (international name: Man-yi) could intensify into a super typhoon before making landfall over Central Luzon this weekend. This comes...
PAGASA Tropical Storm “Man-yi” (international name) entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, and has been given the local name “Pepito.” The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Pepito has since...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-8 has sent response teams to Oras in Eastern Samar and Catarman in Northern Samar on Thursday, Nov. 14, in preparation for tropical cyclone “Pepito.” Pepito entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday...
The United States government is providing an additional P196 million ($3.5 million) in assistance to the Philippine government’s response to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. Through the US Agency for International Development, the US will support response logistics as well as provide clean water,...
