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Shear line, ITCZ, ‘amihan’ to bring rains over parts of PH MANILA – The shear line, the northeast monsoon or “amihan” and the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will continue to affect large portions of the country, the weather bureau said Saturday. In its 4 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the shear line will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms over Mainland Cagayan, Apayao, Isabela, Aurora, and Quezon. Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon will bring cloudy skies with rains over Batanes and the Babuyan Islands. The “amihan” will likewise bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains over the Ilocos Region and the rest of Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region. On the other hand, cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms will prevail over the Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Bicol Region, and Mimaropa due to the ITCZ.

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Rescuers rappel into Nepal hydropower tunnels in scramble to find flood survivors Here's the latest • Tunnel searches: Nepali authorities say the search for workers who could be trapped inside hydropower tunnels after last week’s catastrophic flooding is now the “highest priority.” More than 900 workers at various projects are missing. • Devastating toll: Local police say at least 788 people died in Nepal and authorities are struggling with the large number of remains. Officials in one area buried nearly 200 unidentified bodies as freezers ran low. Chinese authorities have reported at least 16 deaths and an estimated 3,000 people are missing across both countries. • Risks remain: China flagged eight “high-risk geological disaster points” for intensive monitoring at the disaster-hit Gyirong Port. Authorities also warned that a crater from the initial glacial collapse that triggered the disaster is “the biggest risk point” for the resulting barrier lake.

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Some of the global leaders who will be speaking at UNGA this week The speeches delivered from the United Nations General Assembly podium often attract attention for the behavior of the audience as much as the speakers themselves. Last year, numerous delegates left the auditorium while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke. In 2018, laughing delegates interrupted US President Donald Trump’s speech as he outlined his administration’s achievements. One big question is whether Chinese leader Xi Jinping will make a surprise appearance in New York. Xi is due to appear in Washington for a state visit while the General Assembly is underway. Other headline speakers include Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who spoke first Tuesday, and Netanyahu, who will speak Thursday, according to a preliminary list. Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez will make her UN debut on Wednesday while her former boss, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, sits in jail mere miles away in Brooklyn.

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Rescuers are rappelling with ropes into hydropower tunnels through drilled holes Rescue teams began rappelling into a tunnel at a hydropower plant in Nepal late Sunday, as part of an urgent mission to search for survivors who might be trapped inside several days after the devastating flash flood. A roughly two-feet-wide hole has been drilled through the heavily fortified exterior of the tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-3A hydropower project, officials said, adding that rescue teams were hoping to get inside to identify where in the kilometers-long tunnel the workers might be. They “descended through the opening using ropes and called out to those trapped inside, but received no response,” the prime minister’s office said on Sunday. Video showed the workers rappelling downward into the dark cavern, wearing harnesses and helmets.

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