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PAGASA is sounding the alarm: there's a 50 percent chance that El Niño could develop between July and September this year, and if it lines up with the Southwest Monsoon (habagat), the Philippines could be in for a rough ride. Climate Monitoring and Prediction Section Chief Ana Liza
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While most of the country is already feeling the sweltering heat, PAGASA Administrator Nathaniel Servando revealed on Tuesday that a low-pressure area (LPA) could form sometime this week. But before you get your hopes up for cooler weather, the weather bureau says the disturbance is likely to move away from
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Heads up, Pilipinas — the cool days of amihan season are almost over. PAGASA said Wednesday that the northeast monsoon is now only affecting extreme Northern Luzon, specifically Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, while the rest of the country is increasingly dominated by warm, humid easterlies blowing in from the Pacific.
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If you're heading out on Monday, bring an umbrella. PAGASA's 4 AM forecast says the easterlies are affecting the entire country, bringing partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms to Metro Manila and the rest of the Philippines. The weather bureau warned
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A magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted waters southeast of Balut Island in Davao Occidental at 1:22 AM Sunday, March 1, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The quake's epicenter was located 93 kilometers south of Balut Island, Sarangani town, at a depth of 56
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The Philippines is dealing with not one but two restive volcanoes as Mayon Volcano in Albay unleashed lava-collapse pyroclastic density currents on Friday afternoon — one of the most dangerous volcanic hazards known to science. This happened just hours after Kanlaon Volcano erupted explosively in Negros. PHIVOLCS reported two PDC events
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Kanlaon Volcano unleashed another moderately explosive eruption Thursday evening, generating a massive 2,500-meter ash plume and blanketing 121 barangays across Negros Occidental in volcanic ash. It was exactly one week after its previous eruption, and this one was even more intense. The eruption happened at 7:04 p.m.
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If you were hoping for clear skies this weekend, PAGASA has other plans. Most of the Philippines will see cloudy skies and scattered rain showers on Saturday due to the easterlies — the prevailing wind system affecting the country this time of year. Davao Region, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Sur,
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Kanlaon Volcano erupted again Thursday night, exactly one week after its last moderately explosive eruption. PHIVOLCS reported that the blast occurred at around 7:04 PM on February 26 and lasted two minutes, generating a plume that shot 2,500 meters above the crater before drifting southwest. Incandescent ballistics — glowing
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If you're heading out for the EDSA anniversary rallies or just going about your Wednesday, Pagasa has some welcome news: fair weather is expected across the entire Philippines today, Wednesday, February 25. The easterlies — warm winds from the Pacific — are dominating the weather pattern, bringing humid and warm
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The Davao region is in crisis mode after a shear line brought continuous moderate to heavy rainfall starting February 19, triggering widespread flooding that has affected more than 85,600 families — that's over 302,000 individuals across the region. It's one of the worst flooding events
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If you've been feeling the heat lately, PAGASA just confirmed what your skin already knows: the amihan (northeast monsoon) has effectively left the building. As of Monday, only one weather system affects the entire Philippine archipelago — the easterlies, those warm, humid winds blowing in from the Pacific Ocean.