Cebu City readies ₱30M fund, expands farmer assistance as El Niño looms

Mary Grace Mancao 06/16/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Agriculture Department (CAD) has allocated around ₱30 million for El Niño mitigation measures. It intensified its farmer assistance programs as it prepares for the possible effects of a prolonged dry…

Overlapping heat, rain: Why El Niño and Habagat can happen all at once

Airam Limatog 06/15/2026

Hot days, water shortages, and drought are often associated with El Niño, while heavy rains and flooding are usually linked to the southwest monsoon or habagat.…

Pagasa: El Niño may intensify and extend until early 2027

Airam Limatog 06/13/2026

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Philippines could face a prolonged period of El Niño, with climate models showing a strong likelihood that the developing weather phenomenon may intensify and remain until early 2027. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical…

DENR urges public to conserve water amid threats of extended El Niño

PR via Philippine News Agency 06/12/2026

MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday appealed for a coordinated effort to conserve water as forecasts indicate the development of El Niño conditions that could bring an extended dry season. The DENR…

Cebu City lacks control over irrigation systems amid El Niño fears

Pia Piquero 05/26/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The response to a looming El Niño crisis is hanging by a thread after local agricultural officials admitted Tuesday that the city government has no direct control over the infrastructure meant to protect…

El Niño: Desalinated water to boost MCWD’s supply

Doris C. Bongcac 05/25/2026

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The operation of a desalination plant in Cordova town is giving the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) the much-needed water supply augmentation for its service area amid the threat of El Niño. The…

Cebu may face floods, extreme heat as habagat, El Niño overlap

Pia Piquero 05/22/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu may experience a dangerous mix of intense heat, flooding, thunderstorms, and possible water shortages in the coming months as the southwest monsoon or habagat overlaps with the possible development of El Niño,…

Record-breaking El Niño forecast: What you need to know

Jennifer McDermott 05/10/2026

Seasonal models are predicting an El Niño climate pattern that could be the strongest on record, bringing with it more extreme weather.…

Sea temperatures near all-time highs as El Niño looms, says EU monitor

CDN Digital 05/08/2026

PARIS, France — The European Union’s climate monitor said Friday that ocean temperatures are edging toward record highs as conditions shift toward a potentially powerful El Niño weather pattern. Samantha Burgess from the European Centre for Medium-Range…

Super El Niño + Mideast crisis: Things aren’t looking good for Asia

05/07/2026

EXPECTING THE WORST A young man walks across the dry Upper Lake, Asia’s largest artificial lake in Bhopal, India, on May 27, 2009. Asia is bracing for heat waves, drought, and heavy rains that El Niño can…

27 days without rain: Pagasa warns El Niño may hit by mid-2026

Caryl Evangelista 04/24/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After 27 consecutive days without rain, the state weather bureau is monitoring a possible shift to El Niño conditions by mid-2026, which could bring drier and hotter weather across the country. Weather Specialist…

Pagasa issues El Niño alert

Ma. Cristina Arayata - Philippine News Agency 04/23/2026

MANILA, Philippines – The weather bureau officially issued an El Niño alert on Wednesday, following the high probability that this phenomenon would develop from June to August and last until early 2027. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services…

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