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El Niño is here - PAGASA

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Posted at Feb 20 12:03 PM

MANILA - El Niño, a weather pattern associated with reduced rainfall, is now affecting the Philippines, the state meteorology bureau said Wednesday.  Read more »

El Niño onset 70-80 percent likely in first quarter: PAGASA

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Updated as of Jan 31 12:44 PM

El Niño, a weather pattern associated with reduced rainfall, has a 70 to 80 percent chance of emerging in the first quarter of the year, the state meteorology bureau said Wednesday. Read more »

Tourists hunker down as storm Pabuk dumps heavy rains on Thailand

Lillian Suwanrumpha and Sippachai Kunnuwong, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 11:43 PM

Boats were recalled to shore across the Gulf of Thailand, while three key southern airports were shut until Saturday. Read more »

From Amang to Zigzag: Names of 2019 tropical cyclones

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Posted at Jan 02 02:49 PM

The Philippines is battered every year by around 20 storms, which in 2019 will be given local names like Amang, Tisoy and Zigzag by the state weather bureau. Read more »

Weaker amihan interrupts Christmas weather

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Updated as of Sep 08 01:34 PM

The northeast monsoon or "amihan" weakened, offsetting the cold weather associated with Christmas, the state weather bureau said Monday. Read more »

DFA says no Pinoys killed in Italy flooding

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Posted at Nov 05 07:33 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs said no Filipino casualties have so far been reported in the severe flooding in Italy. Read more »

1 or 2 storms could enter PH this month, PAGASA says

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Posted at Nov 02 10:44 PM

One or two weather disturbances may enter the Philippine area of responsibility this month, the state weather bureau said Friday. Read more »

Death toll in Italy storms rises to nine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 08:24 PM

ROME - The death toll from fierce storms battering Italy has risen to nine, civil protection authorities said Tuesday, as wild weather caused schools to close and trapped dozens of tourists in the north of the country. Read more »

'Insurance gap' threatens disaster-vulnerable poor nations - Lloyd's

Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 23 06:40 AM

Disaster-prone developing nations, including Bangladesh and Indonesia, are exposed to crippling losses when storms, floods or earthquakes strike because they suffer from a dangerous lack of insurance, industry experts said on Monday.   Read more »

Brewing storms to spare PH this week

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Posted at Oct 14 09:13 AM

The country will not be affected by any low pressure area or brewing storm this week, the state weather bureau said Sunday. Read more »

Twin typhoons stir monsoon rains in Luzon

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Updated as of Sep 23 01:33 PM

Two typhoons outside the country are enhancing the habagat or southwest monsoon, which will bring rains over large sections of Luzon on Wednesday, the state weather bureau said.    Read more »

800,000 rice sacks languish at Subic port amid rains

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Updated as of Aug 25 03:28 PM

The rainy weather has stalled the unloading of some 800,000 bags of imported government-subsidized rice at Subic Bay, north of the capital, the National Food Authority said Tuesday.    Read more »

Monsoon rains leave P1.3-B damage: disaster council

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Posted at Jul 25 03:36 PM

Monsoon rains enhanced by 3 typhoons earlier this month left P1.377 billion worth of damage to infrastructure and agriculture, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday.    Read more »