The Philippines is on alert as it prepares for Severe Tropical Storm #UwanPH (international name: Fung-wong), just days after being hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi (formerly known as Tino). A weather radar graphic showed Uwan in waters to the east of the country on Friday (Nov. 7). The Philippines’ civil aviation regulator has placed all area centers and airport operations under heightened alert as Uwan approaches. It is forecast to intensify into a super typhoon before making landfall in the northern P

Pagasa to open 3rd Doppler Radar Station in Mindanao THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) is set to operate its third Doppler Radar Station in Mindanao. Maribel Hasanah Enriquez, chief meteorological officer of the Pagasa-Zamboanga station, said the Doppler Radar Station is set to be operational in March citing the equipment for the facility had arrived Tuesday. Enriquez said Pagasa has allocated P100 million to realize the project that includ