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...
The low pressure area (LPA) spotted east of northern Luzon has developed into tropical depression Domeng. It is expected to gradually accelerate north-northwestward over the next three days and remain far from the Philippine landmass, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical...
Tropical depression Caloy has exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau said on Thursday, June 30. (PAGASA) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weather specialist Benison Estareja said that Caloy has left the...
(Photo courtesy of Social Weather Stations) Forty-four percent of Filipino adults believe that their quality of life will "improve in the next 12 months," a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed. Of the 1,440 respondents, 44 percent said their quality of life will improve, 39 percent said...
Around 34 percent of Filipinos believed that their quality of life got worse compared to a year ago, the first quarter survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed on Thursday, June 16. Commuters wait for their ride along Riverside, Commonwealth Avenue, on June 7 2022. This is the same...
A generally fair and warm weather will prevail across the country due to the ridge of high pressure area and easterlies, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration on Thursday, June 16. PAGASA PAGASA weather specialist Grace Castañeda, in a public...
The frontal system may bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in Batanes and Babuyan Islands over the next 24-hour period, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Thursday, June 9. (Pixabay) “Sa kasalukuyan ay...
The easterlies, also known as warm and humid winds from the Pacific Ocean, may bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms in Visayas and Masbate over the next 24-hour period, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday,...
