LIVE UPDATES: Tropical Storm Dodong

07/15/2023

(This is a developing story, please refresh for updates) Pagasa: Dodong strengthens into tropical storm before PAR exit The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Saturday said Tropical Depression Dodong has intensified into a…

Tropical Depression Dodong makes landfall in PH: 16 areas under Signal No. 1 – Pagasa

Jean Mangaluz 07/14/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area in northern Luzon strengthened early Friday morning and is now known as Tropical Depression Dodong, the state weather bureau said. Consequently, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa)…

El Niño is threatening rice crops 

07/13/2023

NEW DELHI— Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier than usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of the war in…

Heat rising in Cebu, public told to take precautionary measures

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/07/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebuanos are advised to take precautionary measures against excessive heat as rising heat index or heat temperature has again been recorded this week. Jhomer Eclarino, a weather specialist from Pagasa-Mactan station, said…

Earth hit an unofficial record high temperature this week – and stayed there

Associated Press 07/07/2023

Sweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and one unofficial analysis says the past seven days have been the hottest week on record, the latest grim milestone in a series of climate-change-driven extremes. On Thursday, the National Oceanic…

July 3 world’s hottest day on record, initial measurements show

07/05/2023

  PARIS, France—Monday was the world’s hottest day on record, exceeding an average of 17 degrees Celsius (62.6 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time, according to initial measurements taken on Tuesday by US meteorologists. The average daily…

Climate nears point of no return as land, sea temperatures break records -experts

07/03/2023

SINGAPORE—The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and…

PH biodiversity conservation drive gets P240M boost from US

PR 05/23/2023

MANILA, Philippines —In celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 22, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), awarded P240 million ($4.3 million) in grants to help civil society…

Protesters throw cake at Volkswagen execs

05/12/2023

BERLIN—Activists hurled cake at Volkswagen bosses on Wednesday, as the German carmaker’s annual shareholders’ meeting was disrupted by protests over human rights and climate change. Outside the hall where the event was taking place in Berlin, climate…

US provides P38M in grants to promote women’s role in clean energy

PR 03/15/2023

MANILA, PHILIPPINES —On International Women’s Day March 8, the United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), announced two new grant projects valued at P37.9 million ($690,000) to boost women’s participation in energy…

New Delhi fog disrupts air and rail travel

Reuters 12/27/2022

NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Low temperatures and fog in New Delhi hit air and rail movement on Tuesday morning as a cold wave gripped the Indian capital with minimum temperatures dipping as low as 5.6…

Rama: Coastal clean-up should be institutionalized

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama said there is a need to institutionalize the coastal clean-up drive in the city, citing the importance of taking care of the environment on a consistent basis.…

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