More passengers stranded in Cebu as #AgatonPH lingers

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The number of stranded passengers in Cebu grew on Monday, April 11 as bad weather due to Tropical Depression Agaton (international name: Megi) lingers.  Based on the latest report from the Philippine Coast…

Agaton’s effects felt in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/10/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Hundreds of passengers stranded in various ports, classes canceled, minor landslides, and a submerged passenger sea vessel. These were some of the scenes reported in Cebu due to the presence of Tropical Depression…

Fujiwhara effect seen from 2 tropical storms

Dempsey Reyes 04/10/2022

The weather bureau on Saturday said it was not discounting the possibility of a Fujiwhara effect, or a binary interaction between two cyclones close to one another, should the tropical storm “Malakas” enter the Philippine area of…

LPA outside PAR now a tropical depression; wet, cloudy Thursday seen — Pagasa

John Eric Mendoza 04/07/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) has since intensified into a tropical depression that could enter the country’s territory by Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration…

Landslides still plague Toledo amid Agaton exit

Morexette B. Erram 01/08/2018

A week after it left the country, the lingering effects of Tropical Storm Agaton are still being felt in parts of Cebu. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) told reporters that landslides struck three…

Barangay in Malabuyoc in need of potable water

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 01/04/2018

  LACK of potable water is now the main concern of residents of Barangay Santo Niño, in Malabuyoc town, after landslides destroyed water pipes, cutting off their water supply. Barangay Captain Erlinda Piedad said there had been…

Cebu under Signal No. 1 due to Tropical Depression Agaton

Doris C. Bongcac 01/02/2018

CEBU CITY—Vessels have been barred to leave the ports as the entire Cebu has been placed under Storm Signal No. 1 due to tropical storm “Agaton.” Agaton was crossing Bohol sea and was about 95 kilometers east…

Is it ‘Wilma’ or ‘Agaton’?

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 12/31/2017

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) announced another storm brewing, which can be named either “Wilma” or “Agaton,” depending if or when it decides to enter the Philippine area of responsibility in 2017 or…

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