Echelon SEVEN

17/11/2025

After the 2011 tsunami, Japan didn’t just rebuild towns… they rebuilt the entire coastline. 🌊

It started with grief. Entire communities wiped out. Nearly twenty thousand lives gone in a single afternoon. People were left with nothing but debris, fear, and the memory of a wave that should never have reached that far inland. 🗾

But here’s the twist most of the world never hears. Japan didn’t choose between modern engineering and old wisdom — they used both. Engineers built a chain of seawalls stretching almost 400 kilometers, some rising higher than the rooftops they protect. At the same time, locals quietly replanted ancient coastal pine forests, the same natural barriers their ancestors relied on for centuries. 🚜🌲

Concrete to stop the force. Trees to slow the fury.

And standing there today, you realize something: recovery isn’t always about replacing what was lost. Sometimes it’s about combining the strength we build… with the strength that grows back. 💛

A nation can break. But it can also choose how it stands again.

📸: Asahi Shimbun file photo

16/11/2025

24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST
Issued at 4:00 PM, 16 November 2025

SYNOPSIS: Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Northeast Monsoon affecting Northern Luzon.

Forecast Weather Conditions

Area: Visayas, Mindanao, and Palawan
Weather Condition: Cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms
Caused By: ITCZ
Impacts: Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains

Area: Cagayan and Isabela
Weather Condition: Cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms
Caused By: Shear Line
Impacts: Possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains

Area: Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley
Weather Condition: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains
Caused By: Northeast Monsoon
Impacts: No significant impact

Area: Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon
Weather Condition: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms
Caused By: Easterlies
Impacts: Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms

Forecast Wind and Coastal Water Conditions

Area: The northern and western sections of Luzon
Wind Speed: Moderate to Strong
Wind Direction: Northeast
Coastal Waters: Moderate to Rough / (1.5 to 3.1 meters)

Area: The rest of the country
Wind Speed: Light to Moderate
Wind Direction: East to Northeast
Coastal Waters: Slight to Moderate / (0.6 to 2.1 meters)

Extremes of Temperature and Relative Humidity for The 24-hour Period Ending 4:00 PM TODAY

Minimum Temperature: 24.5 °C ... 5:00 AM
Maximum Temperature: 31.9 °C... 2:00 PM

Minumum Relative Humidity: 61 % ... 2:00 PM
Maximum Relative Humidity: 94 % ... 5:00 AM

TIDES AND ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION Over Metro Manila

sunrise tomorrow: 5:58AM
sunset today: 5:24PM
moonrise tomorrow: 3:20AM
moonset tomorrow: 3:17PM
illumination tomorrow: 7%

For other information about weather, please log on to pagasa.dost.gov.ph or bagong.pagasa.dost.gov.ph or call at (02)927-1335/(02)926-4258

15/11/2025

13/11/2025

As of 8:00 PM today, 13 November 2025, No Low Pressure Areas (LPA) are being monitored for Tropical Cyclone Formation.

All are advised to monitor updates from DOST-PAGASA.

13/11/2025

Magnitude 4.8 quake felt in Baguio City, epicenter in Bauang, LU

Residents in Baguio City and other parts of Northern Luzon reportedly felt an earthquake at around 5:57 PM today, November 13.

Stay safe!




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SOURCE: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST)




Earthquake Information No.1
Date and Time: 13 November 2025 - 05:57 PM
Magnitude = 4.8
Depth = 010 km
Location = 16.51°N, 120.27°E - 007 km S 74° W of Bauang (La Union)

Reported Intensities:
Intensity III - CITY OF BAGUIO
Intensity I- Itogon, BENGUET

Instrumental Intensities:
Intensity III - City of Vigan, ILOCOS SUR; Bani, PANGASINAN;
Intensity II - San Fernando, LA UNION; CITY OF DAGUPAN
Intensity I - Bangar and Santol, LA UNION; Bolinao, PANGASINAN

This is an automatic solution.


https://earthquake.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/2025_Earthquake_Information/November/2025_1113_0957_B1F.html

13/11/2025

09/11/2025

09/11/2025

Heavy Rainfall Warning No. 7
Weather System: Tropical Cyclone UWAN
Issued at: 11:00 PM, 09 November 2025(Sunday)

ORANGE WARNING LEVEL: Batangas, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Metro Manila, Bulacan, Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales and Quezon(Candelaria, Dolores, San Antonio, Sariaya, Tiaong, General Nakar, Tayabas, Infanta, Lucban, Lucena, Mauban, Pagbilao, Real, Sampaloc, Agdangan, Alabat, Atimonan, Buenavista, Burdeos, Calauag, Catanauan, General Luna, Guinayangan, Gumaca, Jomalig, Lopez, Macalelon, Padre Burgos, Panukulan, Patnanungan, Perez, Pitogo, Plaridel, Polillo, Quezon, Tagkawayan, Unisan).
ASSOCIATED HAZARD: FLOODING is still THREATENING.

YELLOW WARNING LEVEL: Quezon(San Francisco, San Andres, Mulanay, San Narciso).
ASSOCIATED HAZARD: FLOODING in flood-prone areas.

The public and the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices concerned are advised to MONITOR the weather condition and watch for the next warning to be issued at 2:00 AM tomorrow.

For more information and queries, please call telephone numbers 8927-1335 and 8927-2877 or log on to www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph.

09/11/2025

09/11/2025

09/11/2025

𝑨𝑲𝑨𝒀 𝒏𝒊 𝑮𝑶𝑩 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵: 𝑾𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑰𝑮𝑰𝑳 𝒂𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒊 𝑮𝒐𝒗. 𝑺𝒐𝒍 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒂 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒚𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒏 #𝑼𝒘𝒂𝒏𝑷𝑯 ‼ Mula sa relief operations, pag-iinspeksiyon sa Evacuation Centers, hanggang sa monitoring ng galaw ng bagyo, personal siyang nakatutok kasama ang PDRRMO.