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…

2015 is hottest ‘by far’

01/22/2016

Miami – Blistering heat blanketed the Earth last year making 2015 by far the hottest year in modern times and raising new concerns on the accelerating pace of climate change. Not only was 2015 the warmest worldwide…

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…

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…

More hot days ahead for Cebu

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/12/2015

Cebu is in for more hot days, with temperatures potentially going beyond 34 degrees Celsius, the weather bureau said. Alfredo Quiblat, acting chief of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Mactan, said the El Niño…

March was hottest month worldwide since 1880

04/20/2015

Rising temperatures across the planet have set more new records, as the US government announced Friday that the globe experienced its hottest month of March since record-keeping began in 1880. The period of January to March was…

LPA to bring rains; Colder days ahead

02/03/2015

The weather bureau warned residents in parts of the Visayas and Mindanao of moderate to heavy rain because of the  trough  of a low pressure area (LPA) affecting Eastern Visayas and Caraga. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…

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