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Monsoon rains to persist across Philippines on July 22
Monsoon rains to persist across Philippines on July 22

The Star

time14 hours ago

  • Climate
  • The Star

Monsoon rains to persist across Philippines on July 22

MANILA: Rain showers are expected to continue drenching most parts of the country on Tuesday (July 22) due to the southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat, and a low-pressure area (LPA) inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). Pagasa weather specialist Obet Badrina said in the 5am weather forecast that the habagat is expected to bring rain to most parts of Luzon, particularly the western section, including the Ilocos Region, Zambales, and Bataan. Meanwhile, the trough of the LPA east of Calayan, Cagayan is already affecting the area, bringing cloudy skies and rain showers to the Cagayan Valley, especially the eastern part of Calayan as well as to the Bicol Region and Mimaropa (Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan). 'A large part of the Visayas will also experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon, especially over the western section of the Visayas, including Western Visayas and the Negros Island Region,' Badrina said. Pagasa is also monitoring two LPAs inside the PAR. Badrina said one of them may develop into a tropical depression by Wednesday, July 23. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

Thousands reel from wide Severe Tropical Storm Crising impact in Philippines
Thousands reel from wide Severe Tropical Storm Crising impact in Philippines

The Star

time3 days ago

  • Climate
  • The Star

Thousands reel from wide Severe Tropical Storm Crising impact in Philippines

MANILA: Expect heavy rains to persist in parts of the country until Tuesday next week due to the combined effects of Severe Tropical Storm Crising (international name: Wipha) and the southwest monsoon ('habagat'), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Saturday (July 19). Crising has left a trail of destruction with four individuals reported missing, at least three injured, and more than 100,000 others affected, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported. In its latest situational report posted on Saturday evening, the NDRRMC said the four missing persons were from Western Visayas, while the three injured were from Soccsksargen. Landslides and flooded roads were reported across the country with several areas in Western Visayas pushing for the declaration of a state of calamity. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released more than P4.1 million worth of humanitarian assistance to the affected families. PAR exit DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said this was only part of the government's initial aid consisting of family food packs and nonfood items. Crising intensified into a severe tropical storm and exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Saturday morning, but Pagasa said the cyclone could still affect the country and influence the southwest monsoon. On Saturday afternoon, the weather bureau raised the orange rainfall warning over Metro Manila. In its 5pm bulletin, Pagasa said Crising has maintained its strength while moving away from the country's landmass. The center of the storm was last spotted 345 kilometers west of Itbayat, Batanes, outside PAR. Rains induced by Crising flood the streets and displace thousands in Metro Manila on Saturday. In Quezon City, Banawe Street goes underwater while an evacuation center takes in families at Amoranto Stadium. - Photo: Grig C. Montegrande, Robert Jaworski Abaño Thousands displaced It was forecast to 'continue to intensify and may reach typhoon category prior to close approach to Hong Kong.' The NDRRMC said Crising affected a total of 105,313 individuals, or 39,931 families in 546 barangays; around 14,935 individuals were staying in evacuation centers, while over 7,410 others sought shelter elsewhere. The agency also reported 34 roads and four bridges rendered impassable across the Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccsksargen, and Cordillera Administrative Region. Meanwhile, 41 roads and three bridges were also affected but not entirely impassable. Incidents of flooding, fallen trees, landslides, and destructive winds were also recorded in affected areas spanning across the Ilocos region, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Soccsksargen, Caraga, the National Capital Region, and the Negros Island Region. Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said localities in the fifth and sixth districts in the province's southern part were the worst-hit areas. Mayor Benjie Miranda of Kabankalan City said he was recommending the declaration of a state of calamity for his city to enable the local government to release crucial funds to aid affected residents. Binalbagan town was also set to declare a state of calamity. Workers dismantle a toppled electrical post in Quezon city, Philippines due to torrential winds and rain as Tropical Storm Wipha, locally called Crising, exits the northern portion of country on Saturday, July 19, 2025. - Photo: AP Stranded travellers In Quezon City, the northbound lane of Katipunan Avenue near the Ateneo de Manila University was closed to motorists after a utility pole fell onto several cars around 11.20am, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said in a social media post. A billboard, meanwhile, fell onto two cars on the southbound lane of Katipunan Avenue also near Ateneo. Crising also left hundreds of travelers stranded in ports across the country. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported that 1,280 passengers, truck drivers, and cargo helpers were stranded in 42 ports as of Saturday morning. 'We only found out that all sea travel was canceled when we went to the port before noon yesterday. The ticketing office was closed, and there were no officials assisting anyone, so we had to figure everything out on our own,' Ella Laguna, one of the stranded passengers in the Siquijor port, told the Inquirer. Landslides The Philippine Ports Authority suspended trips in affected areas following the PCG's implementation of a no-sail policy during inclement weather. In La Union, 209 families, or 692 individuals, from 17 villages were displaced, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported. It also recorded 14 weather-related incidents in the towns of Bacnotan, Bauang, Bagulin, Caba, Santo Tomas, and San Fernando City. These incidents included minor landslides, falling trees, and flooded areas, but no casualties were reported. In the Cordillera, three key arteries traversing Calanasan town in Apayao province were shut down by landslides and by high river water, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways. Soil collapse has cut access through three sections of the Claveria-Calanasan-Kabugao road along barangays Eva, Namaltugan and Ninoy in Calanasan. At the Apayao-Ilocos Norte Road, erosions and a 'washed out detour road' at an ongoing construction of the Annaran Bridge that crosses Madalagundug River also in Calanasan were being cleared as of noontime. In Baguio City, Kennon Road remained closed on Saturday because of intermittent rock slides, while parts of the summer capital experienced power supply cuts triggered by fallen trees. In Benguet province, rescue workers were dealing with a road slip along the Governor Bado Dangwa National Road traversing Kapangan town. Ipo, Angat dams In Bulacan, officials alerted residents living in low-lying areas of possible surges of their rivers after the Ipo dam on Saturday breached its spilling level and started to discharge waters. Manuel Kukban Jr., head of the Bulacan PDRRMO, said that at 3pm, Ipo Dam started to release 103.25 cubic meter per second of volume of water after it's elevation reached 101.56 meters, breaching its 101-meter spilling level. The PDRRMO has earlier issued an alert for river surges in Baliwag and the municipalities of Norzagaray, Angat, Bustos, San Rafael, Plaridel, Pulilan, Calumpit, Hagonoy and Paombong. Angat Dam's level also rose due to the heavy downpour from 191.88 meters above sea level on Friday to 192.10 masl on Saturday. However, it was still 22 meters below the 214.00 masl high water elevation. In Baguio City, a massive boulder broke loose from a mountainside and rolled down onto a house and a parked car along Kennon Road in Barangay Camp 7, authorities said. According to the Baguio City Public Information Office, citing reports from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, the boulder crushed the house and vehicle but no occupants were hurt as they had evacuated earlier. But emergency responders said a pet dog, an exotic bully breed, was killed when the boulder hit the residence. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

UAE embassy in Vietnam urges citizens to exercise caution as storm Wipha approaches
UAE embassy in Vietnam urges citizens to exercise caution as storm Wipha approaches

Khaleej Times

time3 days ago

  • Climate
  • Khaleej Times

UAE embassy in Vietnam urges citizens to exercise caution as storm Wipha approaches

The UAE mission in Vietnam urged citizens who are currently in the Asian country to exercise caution amid forecasts indicating that a storm is approaching. The alert is due to "forecasts indicating that Storm Wipha will enter the northwestern regions of the country," it said on X. The mission also stressed the need to follow the safety instructions issued by the authorities. Citizens in Vietnam must also contact 0097180044444 or on 0097180024 in emergency situations and register in the Tawajudi service. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) stated that the severe tropical storm Wipha (formerly Crising) maintained its strength on Saturday as it moved away from the Philippine landmass. It had a maximum sustained winds of 100 kilometres per hour near the centre and gusts of up to 125 kilometres per hour. It was moving west-northwestward at 20 kph, Pagasa added.

Tropical Depression Crising could make landfall in Philippines' Cagayan Friday (July 18) night: Pagasa
Tropical Depression Crising could make landfall in Philippines' Cagayan Friday (July 18) night: Pagasa

The Star

time5 days ago

  • Climate
  • The Star

Tropical Depression Crising could make landfall in Philippines' Cagayan Friday (July 18) night: Pagasa

- Image from: DOST / Pagasa MANILA: Tropical Depression Crising may make landfall in mainland Cagayan by Friday (July 18) night, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said. Crising was last spotted 335 kilometers northeast of Virac, Catanduanes, according to Pagasa's 5pm tropical cyclone bulletin on Thursday (July 17). The tropical depression was moving west-northwestward at 30 kilometers per hour, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 55 kph near the center and gusts of up to 70 kph. 'Crising will move generally northwestward over the next 24 hours. A landfall scenario over mainland Cagayan by tomorrow evening is possible,' Pagasa explained. 'Afterwards, it will move westward, traversing the northern portion of Northern Luzon, and turn west-northwestward until it exits the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Saturday afternoon,' it added. Pagasa further forecast that Crising will become a tropical storm by either Thursday night or early Friday morning. Meanwhile, several local government units (LGUs) have suspended classes for Friday in anticipation of inclement weather due to Tropical Depression Crising and the southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN

Chinese ship runs aground off Philippines-occupied island in disputed South China Sea
Chinese ship runs aground off Philippines-occupied island in disputed South China Sea

CNA

time08-06-2025

  • Politics
  • CNA

Chinese ship runs aground off Philippines-occupied island in disputed South China Sea

MANILA: A Chinese ship ran aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, prompting Filipino forces to go on alert, Philippine military officials said on Sunday (Jun 8). When Filipino forces assessed that the Chinese fishing vessel appeared to have run aground in the shallows east of Thitu Island on Saturday because of bad weather, Philippine military and coast guard personnel deployed to provide help but later saw that the ship had been extricated, regional navy spokesperson Ellaine Rose Collado said. No other details were immediately available, including if there were injuries among the crewmembers or if the ship was damaged, Collado said. Confrontations have spiked between Chinese and Philippine coast guard and navy ships in the disputed waters in recent years. Filipino villagers living in a fishing village on Thitu, which they call Pagasa island, immediately informed the Philippine military and coast guard after seeing the Chinese ship lying in the shallows about 1.5 nautical miles (2.7 kilometers) from their village, MP Albayda, a local Filipino official, told The Associated Press. The stricken ship resembled what the Philippine military had repeatedly said were suspected Chinese militia ships, which had backed the Chinese coast guard and navy in blocking and harassing Philippine coast guard and military vessels in the disputed waters, a busy conduit for global trade and commerce. Thitu Island is home to a Philippine fishing village and Filipino forces and is the largest of nine islands and islets occupied by the Philippines. It lies about 26 kilometers from Subi Reef, which China transformed into an island base along with six other barren reefs to reinforce its claim to virtually the entire South China Sea. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan are also involved in the long-simmering territorial standoffs, an Asian flashpoint that many fear could pit China and the United States in a major conflict. The US does not lay any claim to the South China Sea but has repeatedly warned that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, it's longtime treaty ally, if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come under an armed attack, including in the South China Sea.

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