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…

GETTING READY FOR ‘BUTCHOY’

Doris C. Bongcac, Julit C. Jainar, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2016

Still coping with the effects of the rain-induced floods that hit Metro Cebu on Friday, Cebuanos were told yesterday to again brace for more heavy rainfall when a tropical storm enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)…

Tropical Storm ‘Butchoy’ to enter PH on Tuesday

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/03/2016

A LOW pressure area outside the country has turned into a tropical storm Sunday morning. Vhan Singson, weather specialist of the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said the storm will enter the country on…

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…

Two possible storms off PH – Pagasa

06/29/2015

A possible tropical cyclone may enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) next week, the weather bureau said Monday. A low pressure area (LPA) was last spotted some 1,500 to 2,000 kilometers over the Pacific Ocean, Gladys…

Storm ‘Bavi’ weakens slightly as it nears PH

Inquirer 03/16/2015

Tropical storm “Bavi” which is approaching the country from the Pacific Ocean has slowed slightly, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said yesterday. According to its 11 a.m. advisory, the state weather agency said  Bavi…

‘Seniang’ crosses south Cebu, Central Visayas

Bencyrus Ellorin, Carine M. Asutilla, Chito O. Aragon, Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Fe Marie Dumaboc, Melissa Q. Cabahug, Rene Alima 12/30/2014

POWER OUTAGES, HEAVY RAIN   Power outages were reported in south Cebu towns of Oslob and Alcoy as typhoon Seniang made a second landfall in Bohol province about 10 p.m. last night. The storm’s 65-kilometer-per-hour winds  toppled…

Pagasa raises flood, landslide warnings as Seniang crosses Central Visayas

Bencyrus Ellorin 12/29/2014

Seniang caused floods, destroying infrastructure in northeastern and northern Mindanao As tropical storm Seniang traversed the Bohol Sea yesterday afternoon, the state weather bureau raised the flood alert level in  Bohol, Southern Leyte and Leyte to red,…

Brownouts hit southern Cebu towns as ‘Seniang’ maintains strength

12/29/2014

Families living in coastal barangays of Sibonga and other southern towns in Cebu were moved to various evacuation sites as power interruption hit the southern towns of Cebu including Sibonga and Boljoon. Signal number 2 was hoisted…

Last storm of the year to affect south Cebu

Doris C. Bongcac, Edison Delos Angeles, Inquirer, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/29/2014

26 vessels grounded in Cebu port   Thousands of holiday travelers were stranded in  Cebu yesterday as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) suspended sea travel to areas in the Visayas and Mindanao placed  under public storm warning…

Domeng lowered to tropical depression, storm surge level down

Marian Z. Codilla 04/07/2014

The Philippine’s weather bureau has downgraded tropical storm Domeng to tropical depression, Monday afternoon. At 4 p.m. today, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Domeng was located 670 kilometers east of Davao City with…

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