Signal no. 1 raised in seven areas as Carina moves northwest

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/30/2016

Seven areas now placed under signal number one on Saturday due to tropical depression Carina. These areas include Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon. Manny John Agbay, weather specialist for Philippine Atmospheric…

LPA now a tropical depression named ‘Carina’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/29/2016

It is a rainy Friday for Metro Cebu due to a low pressure area that developed into a tropical depression called Carina. The tropical depression was spotted 195 kilometers east of Borongan City in Eastern Samar with…

Nepartak kills 6 in China

07/12/2016

Beijing – A tropical storm in China left six people dead and at least eight more missing, reports said, after it lashed Taiwan with typhoon-grade winds and rain. Supertyphoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan Friday, forcing more…

Thousands evacuated as Nepartak hits Taiwan

07/10/2016

Super Typhoon Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan on Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as the strongest winds in over a century lashed part of the island. The season’s first major storm hit…

‘Butchoy,’ now a typhoon, to bring more rain to Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/05/2016

Tropical storm “Butchoy” entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) yesterday and intensified into a typhoon, bringing rains in Cebu that caused the temporary suspension of boat trips between mainland Cebu and Mactan Island. As of 4…

Barangay officials told to identify, prepare evac sites

07/05/2016

THE Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CCDRRMO) called on barangay officials to identify evacuation sites in their areas as Tropical Storm “Butchoy” makes its way to the country Tuesday evening. CCDRRMO chief Nagiel Banacia said…

Tropical Storm Colin heads east

06/07/2016

TAMPA, Florida — Tropical Storm Colin was expected to continue dropping heavy rains over the Southeast on Tuesday after moving across northern Florida, knocking out power and flooding roads. Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of…

VESSELS STRANDED

Jhunnex Napallacan, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag and Inquirer 12/13/2015

Signal No. 1 in north Cebu due to ‘Nona’ Some 1,532 passengers were stranded in Cebu City ports yesterday after the Philippine Coast Guard-Cebu Station barred sea travel for vessels going to Eastern Visayas and Manila due…

NO SEA TRIPS DUE TO ‘LANDO’

Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 10/18/2015

Over 2K passengers stranded in ports as gale warning still in effect Some 2,313 passengers were stranded in Cebu City’s ports as of 4 p.m. yesterday due to strong winds and waves caused by the southwest monsoon…

Typhoon Dodong to move to Samar; Cebu to have slight rains

05/07/2015

Typhoon Dodong (international name Noul) entered the country at 5 a.m. Thursday, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour with gusts reaching up to 170 kph, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa…

Disaster councils brace for typhoon

Melissa Q. Cabahug, Nestle Semilla 05/05/2015

CEBU may not lie in the path of an approaching tropical storm, but disaster councils in Cebu city and province are bracing for the worst. The slow-moving tropical storm Noul, which will be named “Dodong” once it…

‘Thank God it’s over’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/10/2014

Pray and give thanks to God. This was the call of Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma to the public as he expressed gratitude that the onslaught of typhoon Ruby was not as bad as expected. “We should thank…

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