PH cities suffer ‘dangerous’ weekend heat

Inquirer.net 03/27/2017

It was hardly a chill Sunday for some cities, as the highest heat indices nationwide was recorded for the month so far. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) station in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija registered…

Pagasa Mactan: Prepare for more heat

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/26/2017

BRACE for a summer of sweltering heat as the country’s weather bureau – Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) -Mactan expects hotter temperatures in the coming days. Pagasa is predicting weather temperature this week to…

Students attend classes in covered court

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/14/2016

DISPLACED students of Tayud Elementary School in Barangay Tayud, Consolacion are attending classes in a covered court after 14 classrooms were destroyed by fire last Sunday dawn. Engineer Ester Roldan, project development officer of the provincial Department…

Public urged: Be informed of weather developments

Izobelle T. Pulgo 09/19/2016

Typhoon specialist says chances of La Niña occurring in PH lessens A typhoon expert yesterday emphasized the importance of being informed and aware of the latest weather developments so as to prepare for any resulting calamities. David…

Veggie output drops in scorched farmlands

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/22/2016

Farmlands in Mantalongon, Dalaguete in southern Cebu, parched due to lack of rain since the start of the year, have started to crack. Some crops have withered, while the growth of others has been stunted. “Sa 30…

Extreme heat kills more than 160

04/20/2016

HYDERABAD, India — Weeks of sweltering temperatures have caused more than 160 deaths in southern and eastern India, officials said Tuesday, warning that any relief from monsoon rains was still likely weeks away. Most of the heat-wave…

YELLOW ALERT AND HEAT

Marites Villamor Ilano, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2016

Cebu is still in the middle of a water crisis resulting from a prolonged dry spell and it is about to face another concern, a low power reserve. Cebu, and the rest of the Visayas, have been…

Cebu registers 44.1 degrees heat index

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 04/15/2016

CEBU registered its highest recorded heat index of 44.1 degrees Celsius at 12:49 pm Friday, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said. Weather specialist Manny John Agbay said Cebu registered 33.9 degrees Celsius in…

Get ready for hotter days

Aileen Garcia-Yap, Norman V. Mendoza 03/27/2016

Stay indoors, especially from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and wear clothes in light colors to beat the searing heat. This was the advice of Pagasa Mactan officer-in-charge Alfredo Quiblat Jr. after temperature rose to 33 degrees…

Traffic hazard?

12/21/2015

Hotter, stronger El Niño

AP 07/23/2015

WASHINGTON  — Earth dialed the heat up in June, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year. Off-the-charts heat is “getting to be a monthly thing,” said Jessica Blunden, a…

Could have been there

Hidelito Pascual 06/14/2015

If I only knew that the Golden State Warriors would make it to the NBA playoffs, I probably would have been tempted to schedule a visit to the Bay Area. In several of my visits to that…

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