MGB-7: Heavy rainfall triggered landslide

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/20/2018

Incessant rains brought by the prevailing southwest monsoon (locally known as habagat) may have caused the landslide in Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tina-an in Naga City that claimed, as of 5:10 p.m. yesterday, 10 lives and injured 12…

Rainfall due to Ramil marks All Saints Day

Agnes B. Alpuerto 11/01/2017

Light to heavy rainfall marked the country’s annual observance of All Saints’ Day. Tropical depression Ramil was monitored within the vicinity of Cuyo Island in Palawan at 2 PM on Wednesday. Ramil is packing maximum sustained winds…

More rainfall today

Agnes B. Alpuerto, Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/19/2017

With typhoon “Paolo” (international name Lan) gaining strength, portions of Central Visayas will experience more rainfall and thunderstorms today until tomorrow. Engineer Al Quiblat, weather analyst of the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric…

More rainfall for Cebu, Visayas; Gorio seen to leave Monday

Agnes Alpuerto 07/26/2017

CEBU and parts of the Visayas will experience light to moderate rainfall until next Monday after tropical depression “Gorio” developed into a tropical storm late Tuesday evening. Al Quiblat, acting chief of the Mactan office of the…

LPA to bring rains to Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/28/2017

  A LOW pressure area (LPA) is expected to enter the country on Friday this week, bringing rains to Cebu through the weekend, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said yesterday. “The LPA which…

Missing the sunlight

Raymund Fernandez 01/17/2017

After too many days of incessant rain, one misses the sunlight. Though rain, of itself, is also quite nice. But the grayness can be quite depressing. This, and things like the mud that creeps over floors, the…

Expect rain in Cebu most of the day today

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/29/2016

It will rain most of the day today. Alice Canasa,Philippine Atmospheric, Geophyiscal and Astronomical Services Administration (Pag-asa) weather specialist, said that the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and Low Pressure Area (LPA) brought rains in Visayas. “The whole…

FLOOD STRANDS HUNDREDS

Carmel Loise Matus, Doris C. Bongcac, Jhunnex Napallacan, Julit C. Jainar 07/02/2016

Hundreds of commuters and pedestrians were stranded last night on the streets of Cebu City and nearby Metro Cebu areas after knee-to-chest level floods hit the metropolis following at least three hours of nonstop rain since Friday…

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…

Residents warned of flash floods unless quarrying halted

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/17/2016

ABOUT 200 residents living along or near the Mananga River in Talisay City are in danger of losing their lives and homes to flash floods if illegal quarrying in the area continues unabated. Julius Regner, Provincial Disaster…

Rainfall way below normal

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/20/2015

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa) Mactan reminded the public to conserve water as the El Niño phenomenon rages. Alfredo Quiblat Jr., chief for Pagasa Mactan said that as of yesterday, only eight millimeters of…

Hot days, less rainfall ahead

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/22/2015

RECENT days have been hot for a rainy season, with temperatures reaching more than 33 degrees Celsius. “The normal weather temperature for the rainy season is 26 to 31 degrees Celsius,” said  Alfredo Quiblat, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical…

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