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DUMAGUETE, NEGROS ORIENTAL -- Central and Eastern Visayas experienced several areas of overnight internet disruption, including Dumaguete City. This outage was caused by a Philippine fiber internet provider 'Converge', in partnership with SkyCable Corporation hits severe tropical storm 'Kristine' that hit the northeast and central Luzon region last Friday night (October 25th, 2024 at 10:35pm -- Dumaguete local time). This was once known as 'SkyFiber' to 'SkyTruFiber' under a new partnership with 'Converge ICT Solutions Incorporated'.

Earlier last Friday morning on the same day, per during an exclusive radio interview of 'XFM 104.9: Santiago City', Chief Meteorologist named 'Mr. Ramil Tuppil' from a state weather bureau 'Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration' (PAGASA) discussed the severe tropical storm 'Kristine' on the programme 'Bullseye'. He emphasized that this storm has no ties to 'Kristine Sanchez' from "Hailey's on It!" and is moving northwest through the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The storm was reported to be 125 kilometers per hour (kph) west-northwest of Bacnotan, La Union in the Ilocos Region.

Tuppil reported that signal number 2 eventually impacted several areas, such as Isabela, Zambales, Pampanga (which is where Converge, the leading telecommunication provider is based), Tarlac, Metro Manila and among others. Here in Central and Eastern Visayas, areas under signal number 1 are experiencing impacts. This includes places like Aklan, Capiz, Antique, Iloilo, Bantayan Islands, the western part of Northern Samar, the northern part of Samar, the southern tip of Cebu, entire area of Siquijor and Negros Oriental. The municipalities and cities that are feeling the impact are Mabinay, Manjuyod, Bais, Tanjay, Pamplona, Amlan, San Jose, Sibulan, Dumaguete, Valencia, Bacong, Dauin, Zamboanguita, Siaton, Santa Catalina, Bayawan and Basay.

Apart from the STS 'Kristine', we contacted our news team at 'Converge' using the main landline in Pampanga. We can confirm that the fiber internet network outage is real. OneNETnews can exclusively reveal for the first time that the affected fiber internet outage are from Sibulan, Dumaguete City and Bacong in Negros Oriental. The Converge technicians are currently working hard in this 'City of Gentle People' to restore internet service by Saturday at 12nn, or possibly even sooner in the morning.

Converge fiber internet users in Dumaguete City and surrounding areas experienced significant disruptions as mentioned above due to the impact of STS 'Kristine'. Fortunately, the fiber internet services were resumed back online, right here in this city on Saturday morning at 7:25am.

For the affected areas in northeast and central Luzon, Converge technicians are working diligently to gradually restore fiber internet service over the weekend hours. As part of a new partnership, 'SkyTruFiber' customers can expect improvements in connectivity as repair efforts continue.

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SOURCE: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vavzsewv5gY *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4CUpG9KHVU *https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/23/isabela-braces-for-impact-as-kristine-nears-landfall-2346 *https://www.philstar.com/headlines/weather/2024/10/25/2395175/metro-manila-others-still-under-signal-no-2-kristine-gains-speed-over-northern-luzon-waters *https://www.facebook.com/100068228590132/posts/863169772633968 *https://www.facebook.com/100063855725153/posts/1058446058906907 *https://www.facebook.com/100083923604437/posts/522709053869877 and *https://www.facebook.com/100083923604437/posts/523409587133157

We are unfortunately! The Philippines is in the Pacific typhoon belt, meaning we're one of the first areas to be hit by the generated storms coming from the pacific ocean for the rainy season.

(I remember my science teacher use to say that with the way our country is situated geographically, it helps lessen the impact of the typhoon's effect in our neighboring south east asian countries as it passes us by. Though with the recent years of pollution and global warming, it doesn't seem to work anymore...)

We get an annual of more than 10 typhoons per year. From my experience, there are a few of those times that hit the super typhoon category that got our house flooded even in the city area (namely typhoon local name: Ondoy/ international name: Ketsana, Yolanda/Haiyan, and this year are Carina/Gaemi, and just yesterday: Kristine/Trami )

(There is another incoming typhoon named: Leon/ int name: KONG-REY, that will enter PAR this Sunday.

(on the left leaving the Philippine Area of Responsibility is typhoon Kristine/ intl name: Trami, on the right entering PAR is typhoon Leon/ intl name: Kong-Rey)

AND by weather forecasts, it is said that typhoon Kristine/Trami is going to have a u-turn??? wtf 😥 The official weather term is 'relooping' where coming from the south china sea --> it'll literally re enter our area again? so fingers crossed that it doesn't take that path back!)

My family and I are doing okay thankfully but there are more affected regions around Batangas, Quezon and Bicol provinces that are under states of calamity rn. (Photos are from Philippine Star's socmed page)

Even before landfall Tropical Storm Kristine brought heavy rains across the country. Upon landfall in the Sierra Madre, widespread landslides and flooding occurred including the Bicol region.

As temperatures and sea levels rise, tropical cyclones get stronger :(. Threats to life also increase with local environmental degradation (Holden et al., 2018). Protecting mangroves, establishing proper management of forest watersheds, and public education are just some of the actions needed to face storms now and into the future.

References:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128120569000245

Even before landfall Tropical Storm Kristine brought intense rains across the country, including the Bicol region. Art Relief Mobile Kitchen plans to bring hot and comforting food to communities in Bicol. To volunteer message Art Relief Mobile Kitchen or call Ms. Precious at 0917 828 8690. Or Donate below.

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from kidsforkidsph: “This is the worst in our history” - on ground team lead @ donrazon The devasting effects of Typhoon Kristine have ravaged the Bicol Region, leaving thousands in makeshift evacuation centers without proper food and water allocations. Your donations will be directly sent to our on ground teams who are currently in these evacuation centers packing relief goods and serving hot meals to typhoon survivors. In-kind donations will be accepted in the next few days, with locations to be announced. Other on-ground relief locations will be activated once on ground teams have stabilized. ‼️We reiterate that this climate emergency is worsening due to the ecological crisis that our leaders have yet to respond to. Their ill-preparedness is the reality of our people who have to survive through these calamities. Our long-term aid will begin once immediate relief is stable.

Sorry for inactivity, but rest assured me and my loved ones are safe. We've also had strong wind and rain in our province but nothing too bad, and we all live in places not at risk of flood.

However, this recent storm has badly affected several areas, from what I saw Bicol and Batangas have people in need of help, and probably so many other areas too as the effects of Kristine has been very wide-reaching.

Edit: Added some more calls for donations:

Here is Angat Buhay's relief operations:

Pawssion Project is helping out animal shelters affected:

Plushies for Hope is providing hot meals in various places, including Camarines, Batangas and Bicol:

The Fujiwhara Effect is a rare meteorological phenomenon where two storms that are close to each other could end up circling a new area between them and later merge into a much bigger storm.