Child displacements due to climate disasters: 43.1 million

10/06/2023

Weather disasters fueled by climate change — from floods to droughts, storms to wildfires — sparked 43.1 million child displacements from 2016 to 2021, the UN Children’s Fund warned Thursday, October 5, 2023, slamming the lack of…

Typhoon Jenny accelerates towards Taiwan

10/04/2023

Typhoon Jenny, which has an international name Koinu, maintained its strength and is accelerating west northwestward towards Taiwan. This is based on the latest bulletin of Pagasa at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. The location…

Typhoon Jenny intensifies

10/02/2023

CEBU, Philippines—Typhoon Jenny, which has an international name of Koinu, has intensified, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 11 a.m bulletin on Monday, October 2, 2023. Typhoon Jenny now packs maximum…

Pagasa: Jenny now a typhoon

10/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Jenny is now a typhoon, according to the latest bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). Typhoon Jenny, which has an international name Koinu, was located 675 kilometers (km) east of…

France taps nuclear know-how to recycle electric car batteries

09/27/2023

Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France —In the cradle of France’s atomic programme, researchers are using their nuclear know-how for a key project in the country’s energy transition: recycling the raw materials in old electric car batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. The…

BFP-7 warns: Fire more likely during El Niño 

CTU Intern Mariele Ocubillo 08/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Fires are more likely to occur during El Niño, an official of the Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7) warned. Fire Superintendent Joel Abarquez, chief of the Regional Operations Division of the BFP-7,…

WEATHER OUTLOOK: Slim chance of tropical cyclone in PH this week, says Pagasa 

John Eric Mendoza 08/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — There is a slim chance that a  tropical cyclone will form or enter the Philippine area of responsibility this week, state meteorologists said on Monday, August 7, 2023. Obet Badrina, weather specialist of Pagasa,…

Floodwaters rise in China’s northeast as rains lash Heilongjiang province

08/04/2023

BEIJING— As residual rain from a typhoon drifted to northeast China, Heilongjiang province on Friday warned of swelling rivers amid severe weather and even tornadoes as storms pounded cities, including the already waterlogged provincial capital, Harbin. Grain-producing…

Oarfish spotting in Leyte: Netizens fear ‘doom fish’

Jessa Ngojo 08/03/2023

CONSOLACION, Cebu—Netizens speculate that the recent appearance of an oarfish in Baybay City, Leyte is a sign that a tragedy is brewing.  The oarfish (Regalecus glesne) was discovered around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 2, along the…

Typhoon Egay: Northern portions of Cebu under Signal no. 1

07/24/2023

CEBU, Philippines—The northern portion of Cebu was placed under tropical cyclone wind signal no. 1 on Monday noon, July 24, 2023, due to typhoon Egay. Daanbantayan, Medellin, including Bantayan Islands and Camotes Islands were placed under signal…

TD Egay: Second tropical depression in July

Charie Abarca 07/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The low-pressure area (LPA) being monitored by the state weather bureau east of Southern Luzon has now developed into a tropical depression, locally named Egay, and may intensify into a supertyphoon. The Philippine Atmospheric,…

Colombia landslide kills at least 12 – Civil Defense

07/19/2023

BOGOTA—A landslide caused by heavy rains in a mountainous region of central Colombia killed at least 12 people on Tuesday and destroyed several houses, the country’s Civil Defense agency said. The landslide took place in Quetame, a…

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