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No typhoon, only rains on Christmas Day: Pagasa
There won’t be any typhoon that would enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) within the holiday season since the low pressure area dissolved, the Mactan office of the state weather bureau Pagasa said. Pagasa Mactan senior weather specialist Al Quiblat said the low pressure area was unable to maintain the temperature of 26 degrees […]
Nov. 30 thanksgiving to draw devotees rain or shine
November 25, 2012
Bring an umbrella for the glaring heat or a downpour. If it rains, the vast part of a 27-hectare field to be used for the Nov. 30 national thanksgivng celebration for St. Pedro Calungsod will turn into muddy ground that requires rubber boots or slippers. Get ready to stand for at least three hours unless […]
Filinvest: Rains caused wall collapse
October 31, 2012
Heavy rainfall in the past days caused the collapse of the perimeter wall of the old BBRC building in Apas last Sunday dawn, developer Filinvest Land Inc. said yesterday. At Cebu City Hall, Mayor Michael Rama wants the Office of the Building Official to explain if they have been remiss in monitoring the construction. In […]
Rains ahead for Metro Cebu
September 30, 2012
TYPHOON “Lawin” left the country but a three- hour rain slowed traffic and congested downtown Cebu City yesterday. Streets of Mabini, Jakosalem and Lopez Jaena were flooded and prevented residents from boarding jeepneys. Floodwaters rose ankle-deep at about 4 p.m. Alfredo Quiblat, Mactan chief of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said the rain was caused […]
Lawin now a super typhoon; lightning kills 1 in Bogo
September 25, 2012
TROPICAL storm “Lawin” has turned into a super typhoon, said the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center. However, it will not directly strike the Philippines. Al Quiblat, weather forecaster of the Pagasa Mactan station, said Lawin will not directly affect the country, but would intensify the southwest monsoon that causes cloudiness and rains at anytime […]
Storm Lawin dumps heavy rains in E. Visayas
September 23, 2012
MANILA—Public storm warnings went up in six provinces yesterday as Tropical Storm Lawin slowed and changed its course, affecting large parts of eastern Visayas. Lawin is seen to bring heavy to intense rains, from 10 to 25 mm per hour, across an area within 300 km of its center. Signal No. 2 was up over […]
Downpour topples tree, sinks vessel
September 20, 2012
A TOPPLED tamarind tree barred vehicles from entering S. Osmeña Street in sitio Vican, barangay Gun-ob Lapu-Lapu City amid a heavy downpour that started at 10 p.m Tuesday and lasted until 9:30 a.m yesterday. Traffic personnel diverted oncoming traffic to another route while engineering crews sent by Lapu-Lapu City Hall cleared the tree at 10 […]
December 23, 2012
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