Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. China seized the shoal, which lies west of the main Philippine island of Luzon, in 2012 and ...

After a 2012 standoff with the U.S.-allied Philippines, China seized de facto control of the atoll, located about 140 miles west of Luzon Island and 700 miles from China's nearest province of Hainan.

Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc is a triangular-shaped line of reefs situated 125 nautical miles away from the main island of the Philippines, Luzon. Presently, this shoal is under Philippine, ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds NNW. The overnight low will be 75 °F (23.9 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 94 °F (34.4 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 7 mph (8 to 11.3 kph). Showers today with a ...

Heavy rain is expected in the daytime hours. The high will be 75°. Good air quality (0-50) Primary pollutant PM2.5 5.6 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to ...

It is the first time on record that more than three tropical storms have occurred at the same time in November in the region.

A warning on the likely event of a storm surge was raised over parts of Luzon and Visayas ahead of the landfall of Super ...