Cagayan Farmers Brave Nando to Save Palay Harvest

Cagayan farmers brave Nando to save palay harvest

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, Philippines — Farmers in Cagayan raced with time to save their palay harvest as Super Typhoon Nando (Ragasa) battered northern Luzon on Monday, Sept. 22. Sold at P8 to P12 a kilo, palay producers in Barangay Nabannagan West in Lasam braved the strong winds and intense rain to transport their yield from the farm. READ: Nando batters northern Luzon; thousands evacuated Once palay gets wet, its “quality” decreases, resulting …

Nando moving away from Babuyan; LPA outside PAR likely to become tropical cyclone

MANILA, Philippines – Super Typhoon Nando (Ragasa) slightly weakened while moving away from Cagayan province’s Babuyan Islands late Monday evening, September 22, but it remains a powerful tropical cyclone. Nando’s maximum sustained winds eased a bit from 215 kilometers per hour to 205 km/h, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in a briefing past 11 pm on Monday. Its gustiness is up to 28…

‘Nando’ makes landfall over Calayan, moves away from Babuyan Islands

MANILA, Philippines — Super Typhoon Nando has made landfall over Panuitan Island in Calayan, Cagayan and is now moving away from the Babuyan Islands, the weather agency said on Monday.Nathaniel Servando, chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) warned against storm surge exceeding 3.0 meters within the next 24 hours in the low-lying or exposed coastal localities of Batanes, Cagayan includ…

Nando makes landfall over Panuitan Island in Cagayan

Super Typhoon Nando made landfall over Panuitan Island in Calayan, Cagayan on Monday afternoon, the state weather bureau PAGASA said.