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An Emergency Cell Broadcast on an iOS smartphone in Filipino, indicating a Heavy Rainfall Warning in Metro Manila and nearby Rizal province.. Emergency Cell Broadcast System (ECBS) is an alert broadcast system in the Philippines, designed to disseminate emergency alerts and warnings to mobile devices via cell broadcast services (CBS) [1]
Day shapes of standard and reduced sizes are both commercially available. Day shapes are commonly constructed from a light weight frame covered with fabric and are designed to be collapsible for ease of storage. A US Navy sailor lowers day shapes "ball, diamond, ball", signaling the end of restricted maneuvering
In Hong Kong the typhoon signal system consists of 8 signals in 5 levels numbered non-consecutively for historical reasons. [26] [27] Each signal has a day signal and a night signal for hoisting, which are still hoisted in Macau but no longer hoisted in Hong Kong. Day signals are also used as signal symbols in both places.
Wind signals are hoisted and updated (escalated, de-escalated or lifted) usually in regular time intervals coinciding with the release of a TCB: [14] 6-hourly TCB issuance: when TCWS signals levels have been raised as the tropical cyclone approaches the Philippine landmass (5:00 a.m./p.m. and 11:00 a.m./p.m. PHT).
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals (TCWS) [1] Warning Signal Meaning TCWS #1 winds of 39–61 km/h (21–33 kn; 24–38 mph)
ABS-CBN: ABS-CBN Corporation intended to spend 1 billion pesos on its transition to digital broadcasting. ABS-CBN announced on April 4, 2011, that it was prepared to launch five free "premium" channels on a DTT platform as soon as the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) finalized its regulations on digital television.
The Philippines is a typhoon-prone country, with approximately twenty tropical cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less often, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.
Severe Tropical Storm Dujuan, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Auring, was a tropical storm which caused heavy rain in the Philippines and Palau in mid February 2021, leading to minor damage. Dujuan was the second depression and first named storm of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season. Dujuan started as a tropical depression in the ...