STATE weather forecasters on Monday denied rumors circulating via text messages that
there will be “acid rain” in the Philippines supposedly because of radioactive clouds from
quake- and tsunami-stricken Japan.
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
(PAGASA) said there was no basis for such claims.
“The winds from Japan are moving away from us. It’s not true that these winds contain acid
rain,” PAGASA forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said in a radio interview.
Several text messages had been circulating that acid rain may fall on the Philippines because
of the looming nuclear emergency in Japan.
Japanese authorities are now scrambling to prevent a meltdown of its nuclear plant in
Fukushima, after its cooling systems failed. (PIA)
