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A fire killed 15 people Thursday in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where firefighters were delayed by flooding, traffic and a wrong address, a fire protection official.
2024 Wimbledon Championships. In tennis, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz defeats Novak Djokovic 6–2, 6–2, 7–6 (7–4) in the Men's singles final to win his second Wimbledon title and his fourth overall Grand Slam title. ( The Guardian) (Wimbledon) UEFA Euro 2024. In association football, Spain defeat England 2–1 in the final match to ...
Dive in and discover how weather impacts daily life, explores the forces of nature, and guides our understanding of the world around us. Get the Quezon City, NCR local weather forecast by the hour ...
Dive in and discover how weather impacts daily life, explores the forces of nature, and guides our understanding of the world around us. Get the Manila, NCR local weather forecast by the hour and ...
Climate change is having serious impacts in the Philippines such as increased frequency and severity of natural disasters, sea level rise, extreme rainfall, resource shortages, and environmental degradation. [1] All of these impacts together have greatly affected the Philippines' agriculture, water, infrastructure, human health, and coastal ...
Illustration of St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea Electrostatic discharge flashes across the windscreen of a KC-10 cockpit. St. Elmo's fire (also called witchfire or witch's fire) is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn in an atmospheric electric field.
Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 17 December 1941 900-1,200: Unknown 282 The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes.
A Philippine ferry carrying 82 passengers and crew caught fire as it was approaching a port south of Manila on Friday, and at least 73 of those aboard have been rescued, including many who jumped ...