Parts of E. Samar under TCWS No. 1 due to TD Ofel; rains expected over Cebu

Rosalie O. Abatayo 10/14/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Parts of Eastern Visayas and the southern portion of the provinces of Quezon and Batangas are currently under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 due to tropical depression Ofel. Ofel made landfall…

Dimsum Break, a food haven for Cebuanos amid the COVID-19 storm

Marc Cosep 03/23/2020

The coronavirus is shaking up businesses and consumer behavior on a massive scale. Both the public and private sectors are scrambling to slow the spread of the illness and contain COVID-19 infections. While the full economic consequences…

Weather improving in Cebu

Rosalie Abatayo 12/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The sun has come out in Cebu on Christmas Day, December 25, 2019, bringing a ray of hope to those who have been stranded because of Typhoon Ursula. Netherlen Seletrero, weather specialist in the…

Light traffic in Cebu City streets on Christmas eve as Ursula keeps last minute shoppers indoors

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Most thoroughfares in Cebu City are experiencing light to moderate traffic as of 6 this evening, December 24, 2019, a few more hours before Christmas day. According to Manolito Artes, operator of Cebu…

Cebu Archbishop Palma asks faithful to pray for storm to pass 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged the faithful to pray for Typhoom Ursula to pass without casualty or much damage.  This he said after the last Misa de Gallo of the 2019 on Tuesday, December 24,…

Northern Cebu now under Signal no. 2

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —As Typhoon Ursula moves nearer to its expected landfall in Northern Samar, the Philippine Atmoshperic Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) has raised northern Cebu to signal number two. In the 5 a.m. advisory…

LPA near PAR to develop into storm, to affect eastern PH

Christia Marie Ramos 11/11/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The state weather bureau is monitoring a low-pressure area (LPA) at the boundary of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) which is expected to develop into a storm in the next day or two.…

Scientists discover big storms can create ‘stormquakes’

Associated Press 10/17/2019

WASHINGTON – Scientists have discovered a mash-up of two feared disasters — hurricanes and earthquakes — and they’re calling them “stormquakes.”   The shaking of the sea floor during hurricanes and nor’easters can rumble like a magnitude…

‘Falcon’ intensifies into storm; signal warnings up – Pagasa

07/16/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Storm Signal No. 2 has been raised over the northeastern portion of Cagayan, including Babuyan Group of Islands, as “Falcon” intensified into a tropical storm Tuesday afternoon. Now with international name “Danas,” a Filipino…

Storm dumps snow in Dakotas, Minnesota

AP 12/28/2018

Minneapolis — Post-holiday travelers were finding driving difficult as a winter storm dumped heavy snow and whipped up gusty winds across parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota on Thursday. Up to 11 inches of snow had fallen…

LPA unlikely to intensify into a storm – Pagasa

Inquirer.net 12/19/2018

MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine area of responsibility is not expected to intensify into a tropical depression in the next 24 hours, the weather bureau said. Weather specialist Chris Perez said…

Pagasa lifts storm signal in Palawan, ‘Samuel’ moves away from PH

Inquirer.net 11/22/2018

The storm signal in Palawan was lifted midday Thursday as Tropical Depression “Samuel” continued to move away from the country. Weather specialist Benison Estareja said the tropical cyclone is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility…

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