** He who rejects change is the architect of decay.
The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.**
Harold Wilson
LARGEST QUAKES -
This morning -
6.1 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Yesterday -
7/11/10 -
5.2 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
5.2 OFF E. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z.
5.1 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
5.1 SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN
TROPICAL STORMS -
Tropical storm 03W was 511 nmi ENE of Cebu City, Philippines.
PHILIPPINES - 3 Luzon provinces under storm signal number 1. Monday, the government weather bureau placed under storm signal number 1 the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, and Aurora due to Tropical Depression "Basyang." Basyang, which has intensified into a tropical storm, was spotted at 660 kilometers east northeast of Virac, Catanduanes at 5 a.m. Monday. It has maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and is moving west northwest at 22 kilometers per hour. Basyang is expected to be at 450 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora on Tuesday morning. It will make landfall in Aurora-Isabela on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday, Basyang will be at 60 kilometers east of Sinait in Ilocos Sur. It will be 290 kilometers west northwest of the town on Thursday morning. Residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under signal number 1 were alerted against possible landslides and flash floods.
