Tag: La Niña

La Nina return could reduce extreme heat risks for 2024: scientists

PARIS, March 7, 2024 (AFP) – The rapid return of the La Nina weather phenomenon “may actually decrease” the risk that 2024 smashes last year’s record heat, Europe’s climate monitor told AFP, amid enduring historic global temperatures. Although the past nine consecutive months have clocked temperatures previously unseen by humanity, it fell in line with climatologists’ predictions of human-caused climate change which “could have taken more into account”, said Carlo Buontempo of the Copernicus Climate […]

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Australians rescued from roofs after flash floods

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Rescuers plucked more than 100 people from their roofs Monday after a flash flood swamped a small Australian town and sent residents scurrying for safety, officials said. A weekend downpour over much of the already-sodden eastern state of New South Wales sent waters rising overnight, isolating some towns and communities. Australia’s east coast has been repeatedly swept by heavy rainfall in the past two years, driven by back-to-back La Niña cycles. Many […]

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More Australia floods ‘very real possibility’ as third straight La Niña declared

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Flood-battered eastern Australia faces further extreme weather in the coming months after the country’s forecasters confirmed Tuesday that a “triple-dip” La Niña was under way in the Pacific. The Bureau of Meteorology said La Niña, which brings intense downpours to Australia’s heavily populated east coast, would probably peak in spring with above-average rainfall expected to last through the southern hemisphere’s summer. The country’s east is still recovering from intense storms and […]

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PAGASA: 70-80% chance of La Niña in last quarter of 2021

(Eagle News) — There is a 70 to 80 percent chance of La Niña in the last quarter of 2021. According to Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration Administrator Vicente Malano, there is also a  higher probability of above-normal rainfall conditions in the country in the next several months. He said this can be due to the expected stronger easterlies, enhanced northeast (NE) monsoon and tropical cyclone occurrences. “The eastern sections of the country […]

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La Niña climate cycle may reemerge in 2021: UN

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The weather phenomenon La Niña could resurface before the end of 2021, after petering out four months ago, the UN said Thursday, predicting above-average temperatures despite its generally cooling influence. The World Meteorological Organization said that there was now a 40-percent chance that La Niña, which last held the globe in its clutches between August 2020 and May, would reappear again by year-end. “But despite La Niña’s cooling influence, temperatures […]

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La Nina climate cycle has peaked: UN

by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The 2020-2021 La Nina phenomenon has passed its peak, the UN weather agency said Tuesday, but its impact on temperatures, rain and storm patterns is set to continue. La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, occurring every two to seven years. The effect has widespread impacts on weather around the world — typically the opposite impacts to […]

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La Nina likely, but temperatures set to remain high: UN

by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Global temperatures boosted by climate change will still be higher than usual despite the cooling effect of a La Nina weather phenomenon expected to develop in the coming months, the UN said Thursday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said there was a 60 percent chance of a La Nina event between September and November. But WMO chief Petteri Taalas warned in a statement that “even if a La […]

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La Niña to last until April or May, says PAGASA

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippines will experience the effects of the La Niña phenomenon until April or May.  This means there will be more than the usual amount of rain as well as a slightly hotter climate in the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that the northeasterly wind or “amihan” would end by March and that the easterly winds will be felt simultaneous to a dry season […]

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DSWD assures readiness for La Niña

QUEZON CITY, July 15, (PIA) – – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced its readiness to deal with the effects of the La Niña phenomenon. The assurance was made despite  the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) forecast that  La Niña may not be as severe as the previous years. DSWD Secretary Judy Taguiwalo  said the Department continues to strengthen its mechanisms to ensure genuine, fast, and efficient delivery of relief […]

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Opisyal nang natapos ang El Niño phenomenon sa bansa

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), sa ngayon ay minomonitor ng ahensya ang pagbuo ng La Niña na posibleng maranasan sa huling bahagi ng taon o “ber” months. Nasa neutral condition ang panahon ngayon kung saan hindi El Niño o La Niña ang nararanasan sa bansa. Ang weather systems na makakaapekto ngayong buwan ay hanging habagat, intertropical convergence zone, low pressure area at isa hanggang […]

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La Niña may aggravate lahar flow in Mt. Bulusan

QUEZON City, Philippines – Provincial authorities in Sorsogon are in full alert as Mount Bulusan continues to exhibit volcanic ability. The local government is preparing for the possibility of the La Niña phenomenon aggravating the lahar flow from the volcano.  (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by Edrian Acla)

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PAGASA launches first ever weather dictionary

QUEZON CITY, June 14 — Daluyong bagyo, pana-panahong hangin. These are the Filipino terms for storm surge and monsoon, words that are usually heard in weather forecasts. With the launching of the first-ever weather dictionary “Patnubay sa Weder Forkasting”, the public can now have a reference book for technical weather terms which are simplified and translated into Filipino. An initiative by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), headed by no less than the country’s National Artist […]

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