(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Friday, 16 January 2026) Dinagat Islands will experience rains with gusty winds due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains. Minimal to minor threat to life and property due to strong winds. Northern Mindanao and the rest of Caraga will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to TS “Ada”. Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. The rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. The eastern section of Mindanao will have moderate to strong winds from west to southwest with moderate to rough seas (2.1 to 3.4 meters). The rest of Mindanao will have light to moderate winds from northeast to northwest with slight to moderate seas (0.6 to 2.5 meters). At 3:00 PM today, the center of Tropical Storm "ADA" {NOKAEN} was estimated based on all available data at 270 km East of Borongan City, Eastern Samar (12.1°N, 127.9°E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h. It is moving Northwestward at 20 km/h. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon.


Tuesday, April 2, 2019


Mga kabataan, kababaihan nakilahok sa pagsasanay sa DRRM

By Venus L. Garcia

LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Abril 2 (PIA) - Abala ang Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga, sa pakikipagtulungan ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) and Philippine national Police (PNP), sa pagpapaigting sa paghahanda ng mga kabataan sa Dinagat Islands mula sa anumang sakuna at kalamidad.

Ayon kay OCD-Caraga regional director Liza Mazo, malaki ang papel ng mga kabataan pagdating sa paghahanda sa mga kalamidad.

Para naman sa mga kabataan, nais nila na sana sa umpisa pa lang ay maisali na sila sa pagpaplano para maibahagi rin nila ang kanilang mga opinyon.

“Bilang young earthquake drill evaluator ng aming probinsiya sa San Jose, Dinagat Islands, marami akong natutunan simula noong nasa elementarya pa lang ako hanggang ngayon sa mga DRRM orientation and training na aking nasalihan. Naibababahagi ko rin ito sa aking mga kaklase, kaibigan, guro, pamilya at aming komunidad,” sabi ni Shanniah Vega, studyante ng Don Ruben Edera Ecleo Sr. Memorial National High School.

Isinagawa rin ng OCD-Caraga ang nasabing DRRM orientation sa mga purok opisyal na kababaihan sa probinsya ng Surigao del Norte kung saan layon na ma-empower at maging resilient ang mga ito sa kalamidad.

Ayon kay Diana Lim, head ng capacity building and training services ng OCD-Caraga, ilan lamang ang mga ito sa nakahelera pang mga DRRM orientation ng kanilang ahensiya para sa basic society sectors upang mas maintindihan pa nila lalo ang mga hydrometeorological, geological at human-induced hazard at praktikal na hakbang sa pagpapalaganap ng DRRM.

Samantala, ayon kay Rosario Roxas-Alon, provincial DRRM officer ng Dinagat Islands, paraan ito na ang kanilang mga partisipante ay magiging katuwang sa sectoral capacity development ng kanilang lugar.

“The awareness has been heightened dahil sa pamamagitan ng aming community-based DRRM naiintindihan nila kung gaano kahalaga ang may kamalayan sa mga panganib at kung paano ito harapin o respondehan. Sa suporta rin ng mga ahensiya ng pamahalaan na ma-enhance ang kakayahan ng mamamayan, we can assure that sustainable and resilient development will be seen at the community level,” sabi ni Alon. (VLG/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
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