Pagasa warns of drier, hotter months ahead The Daily Tribune | 02/09/2010 | Several provinces affected by drier than normal conditions have started to recover, but the state weather bureau warned that the impact of the so-called El Niño phenomenon will persist until June. | “Overall assessment of rainfall for the month of January was below to way below normal...
2009 was India's hottest year ever The Times Of India NEW DELHI: You might have been feeling the heat for a while but it's official now -- 2009 was the hottest year ever recorded in India and almost a degree warmer than usual. | The annual mean temperature for 2009 was 25.55 degrees Celsius, 0.913 degrees higher than the long-term annual average of 24....
Lunar New Year tradition blossoms in Vietnam The Daily Tribune | FEATURE | 02/09/2010 | HANOI — The naked, spiky-looking tree is not just Le Ham’s pride and joy. It is his meal ticket. | While it might not look like much now, Ham expects it to burst into delicate dark-pink peach blossoms just before the Lunar Ne...
Pagasa warns of drier, hotter months ahead The Daily Tribune | 02/09/2010 | Several provinces affected by drier than normal conditions have started to recover, but the state weather bureau warned that the impact of the so-called El Niño phenomenon will persist until June. | “Overall assessment of rainfall for ...
Bus plunges down ravine in south China, killing 7 The News & Observer | BEIJING -- A bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50, state media reported. | At least 53 people were on the bus, which was traveling on a highway i...
Pro-environment voters may be a force to reckon with Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Presidential candidates may be courting disaster if they ignore an emerging force of environment-conscious voters, according to a green activist. | Voltaire A...
Voters asked not to fall for surveys Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Three presidential candidates who have been lagging behind in the surveys appealed to students and the academe on Friday not to allow themselves to be swayed ...
North India gets respite from cold as mercury level rises Zeenews New Delhi: People in most parts of north India got some respite from intense cold with further rise in mercury level on Friday. | The night temperature rose in Jammu and Kashmir be...
Kin of 43 health workers go to SC Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Relatives and colleagues of 43 people, including two doctors, a nurse and a midwife, are set to file petitions for writs of amparo and of habeas corpus before the Supreme Court on Monday for what they called illegal arrests of t...
Drought causes economic loss of $952m in Yunnan China Daily | KUNMING: The worst drought in 60 years has inflicted a direct agricultural economic loss of 6.5 billion yuan ($952 million) in southwest China's Yunnan Province, a local official said Sunday. | The province has earmarked 389 million yuan ($57 milli...
Snow falling in TN; more to come Knox News | NASHVILLE - Winter weather moving through Tennessee is at the whim of temperatures flirting with freezing. The form it takes depends on how cold it is. | "Predicting amounts is tough in the South," said Bobby Boyd, a forecaster with the National Weather Service office in Nashville. | Memphis had earlier expected a couple of inches of snow, but on...
Dense Fog Blankets UAE Khaleej Times Dense fog engulfed different parts of UAE on Monday morning reducing visibility on the roads and thereby affecting traffic. | According to the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) forecast there was a likely chance of fog formation this morning in some coastal and internal parts of the country. | The weather during the day, in most ...
