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The flooding in some parts of the country particularly in the eastern sections of the Bicol area as well as in Visayas and Mindanao is the effect of changing weather patterns brought about by climate change, a weather forecaster based in this city said.
“Iba na talaga ang panahon ngayon,” said Gregorio de Vera, chief meteorological officer at the Dagupan station of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, during the Pantongtongan Tayo radio program of the Philippine Information Agency Tuesday when asked if heavy rains during this time of the year are normal.
He explained that the tailend of the cold front, a weather disturbance, is bringing huge downpour in the eastern corridor resulting in floods in the Bicol area, Samar, and eastern Mindanao.
The source article Erratic weather patterns traced to climate change was published January 18, 2011 by PIA Information Services - Philippine Information Agency .
