Monthly Archive: July 2014
Two Tropical Storms are currently dominating the north-west Pacific. TS NAKRI/Inday is now north-east of northern Luzon and moves north-northwest. TS HALONG is in the vicinity of Guam and moves west-northwest. Storm Data TS NAKRI/Inday...
Philippines Internet – Fairy Tales. Quality and availability of Internet access in the Philippines is the worst all over South East Asia. The 3 big telecom companies invest billions in advertisement. They tell the...
July or January? A friend from the Island posted this picture of their cat. Caption: Weather like in January – everybody under cover
Nasty weather in the south of the Philippines. The slowly approaching Tropical Depression (TD) hovers east of Mindanao and brings heavy rainfall to the southern islands. This Tropical Depression is moving very slowly towards...
A Strong Earthquake hit Southern Leyte this morning at 07:75. The earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred in a depth of 6 km near Hinundayan in Southern Leyte. The felt intensity was VI on PEIS (Phivolcs Earthquake...
2 Low Pressure Areas queuing up for the Philippines. The two LPAs 96W and 98W are slowly moving westwards. They are still weak with 1006 hPa. They will not develop within the next 24 hours. In...
Typhoon MATMO/Henry seems to pass by. But even if it is not hitting the Philippine islands it is amplifying the south-west monsoon called Habagat. These winds can get rather strong. Yesterday afternoon Habagat got...
Typhoon MATMO/Henry amplifies Habagat, the south-west monsoon. Here in Camiguin we had bad to nasty weather all day accompanied by the usual brown-out. Some minutes ago a twister passed over Agoho – our coconut...
Typhoon MATMO/Henry has turned north last night. Unfortunately we could not report these good news because we had a long lasting brownout. The storm is now 645 km east-southeast of Virac, Catanduanes. It moves very slowly...
Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry has again gotten stronger and has been upgraded. Depending on the sources it is now a Severe Tropical Storm (JMA) or even a Typhoon Category 1 (GDACS). Instead of turning north...
Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry continued on a nearly westward track and approached the Philippine islands during the last 24 hours. This morning the center was at 645 km east-northeast of Siargao Island. Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry is intensifying. Tropical Storm...
On May 3, we informed you about the mysterious disappearance of the two Germans sailing with their boat, the M/V Catherine, between Palawan and the Sulu islands. Yesterday military officials informed they have verified that the...
Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry has intensified as it entered PAR. Tropical Storm MATMO/Henry is expected to continue moving slowly north-northwestward during the next 24 to 48 hours. On the forecast track, the storm will continue to move...
Boat moving is definitely more fun in the Philippines. This morning the crew of the Camiguin Action Geckos moved the elderly dive boat, The Lady Julia, to a new spot. They didn’t do it on...
Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda has left the Philippine islands and is on its way to Hainan (China). But the agitated Northwest Pacific will soon bring more Low Pressure Areas that can develop into cyclones. On this static satellite image...
Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda has left the Philippine islands. It lost a lot of strength and is now off the coast of Bataan. Rainfall around Metro Manila got much weaker. Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda is now heading towards Hainan...
After the strong winds and high waves yesterday, the sun is back in Camiguin. Habagat is back to a gently blowing breeze and the waves are again blue. Fishermen bring out their boats and...
Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda had intensified to Cat. 3 last night when it made landfall near Legazpi City. The storm moved over Bicol, shaking Iriga City and Naga City. The storm continued over Laguna and Metro...
Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda made landfall between Legazpi City and Santo Domingo. The storm is now moving towards the cities of Iriga and Naga.
Typhoon RAMMASUN/Glenda is in the Gulf of Albay and shows a clear eye. The typhoon is now moving towards Legazpi City. Landfall will happen within minutes between Legazpi City and Santo Domingo.
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