Queenie unlikely to affect PH; ITCZ brings rain to Central Visayas

Lyle Andales 09/26/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Severe Tropical Storm Queenie is unlikely to directly affect the Philippines, but parts of the Visayas, including Central Visayas, may experience rains and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). In its…

Pagasa: ‘Queenie’ poses no threat to Cebu, but rains loom from ITCZ

Pia Piquero 09/25/2026

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The local weather bureau here ruled out any impact on Cebu from Tropical Storm Queenie on Friday, pointing to the cyclone’s distant track and its expected recurve toward Southern Japan. This, even as…

Tropical Storm Queenie unlikely to affect PH weather

Ma. Cristina Arayata - Philippine News Agency 09/25/2026

MANILA, Philippines – Tropical Storm Queenie is unlikely to directly affect the country’s weather condition, the weather bureau said on Friday. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the cyclone packs maximum sustained winds of…

Tropical depression may enter PAR Thursday, to be called ‘Queenie’

Airam Limatog 09/23/2026

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A tropical depression may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday morning or afternoon, September 24, the state weather bureau said. As of 3 a.m. Wednesday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…

PH may expect 5 more tropical cyclones before year ends — Pagasa

Daniza Fernandez - Reporter / @DFernandezINQ 10/31/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The country may expect at least five more tropical cyclones until the end of the year, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Monday. In a Laging Handa public briefing,…

‘Queenie’ expected to enter PAR on Monday

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 10/01/2018

Another typhoon is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Monday or this evening (October 1). The weather disturbance with an international name “Kongrey”, will be the 17th tropical cyclone that will enter the…

15 southern Cebu towns declared under state of calamity

Peter L. Romanillos 12/01/2014

  The Cebu provincial government declared 15 towns in southern Cebu under a state of calamity after they were hit by typhoon Queenie last week. Damages done in the towns of Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, Santander,…

Weather improves as low pressure dissipates

12/01/2014

The low pressure area affecting the eastern part of Mindanao and the southern part of Luzon is expected to dissipate today, bringing improved weather over storm-battered Visayas and Mindanao, according to the state weather bureau. Cloudy skies…

Kawasan opens, but guides required; Boljoon cleans up

Marian Z. Codilla, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/01/2014

  Kawasan Falls, which sustained damage from tropical depression Queenie, opened to the public yesterday, but authorities will require tourists to have tour guides. In Boljoon town, residents started cleaning up a flooded school to the resumption…

‘Queenie’ aftermath: Weekend stalls response

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/30/2014

Disasters know no holiday, but some officials apparently blame the weekend for the slow response to storm-affected areas in southern Cebu. The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) in the provincial capitol compound was also…

Kawasan Falls: A paradise lost to Queenie

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/30/2014

KAWASAN Falls – the multi-layered waterfalls considered as the pride of Badian town – was an unimaginable picture of devastation as the weather cleared the day after tropical depression Queenie unleashed its wrath over southern Cebu. Badian…

Petition asks DPWH to continue reclamation

Marian Z. Codilla 11/30/2014

  A petition signed by 70 residents of the shoreline sitio of Talisay in Boljoon town asked  the government to continue its original plan for a reclamation project there. James Dellosa, district engineer, of the Department of…

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