siargao's main surfing spot, cloud 9, is not for the faint—hearted.waves breaking over razor—sharp corals, some pro surfers call it a "death ride". but if surfing isn't your thing, there's plenty of other activities you can do in the water here. you can take a boat trip through the mangroves to end up at sugba lagoon. it looks like a tropical paradise you would see on a postcard — well, if your idea of paradise is throwing yourself off a 12—foot diving board. further afield from the shores of siargao is the island of bohol, the home of the tarsiers. these little animals have been around for 45 million years but are now almost extinct. beware — they're so sensitive that even a camera flash or a touch of a human can severely hurt or even kill them, so they're best to be looked at from a distance, guided by the volunteers. luzon, the largest island in the philippines, is home to the banaue rice terraces. this unesco world heritage site was carved into the mountainside more than 2,000 years ago using traditional hand tools and techniques. visitors can hik

but the main draw for many is siargao's largely unspoilt natural environment. and when you are zipping around on a bike it's easy to see how stunning this place is. in 2019 siargao was voted the best island in asia, and was dubbed the next bali, with plans for further development on the horizon. in december 2021, everything changed. category 5 super typhoon odette hit the island off—guard, with wind speeds of up to 195km/h. these winds caused huge amounts of damage, while storm surges flooded coastal areas. oh my gosh. so, it has been a little over a year since super typhoon odette hit this island, but you can still see the scars. it has been a tough time for the islanders, who are so heavily reliant on tourism. visitor numbers have almost halved since 2019, following the double whammy of the global pandemic and the typhoon. but the industry is slowly recovering, and developing new and resilient tourism strategies. this farm offers visitors the chance to learn how the island is evolving. siargao relies heavily on food imports, so wants to grow more of its own c

further afield from the shores of siargao is the island of siargao —— boho, the island of siargao ——mera flash or the touch of a camera flash or the touch of a human can severely hurt or even killed them. so they are best looked at from a distance, guided by the volunteers. luzon, the largest island in the philippines is home to these rice terraces. they were carved into the mountainside more than 2000 years ago using traditional hand tools and techniques. visitors can hike or take of guided tours to explore the terraces and learn more about the indigenous people who built them. still to come on the travel show: they are half man half drone. this arm here? 0h, are half man half drone. this arm here? oh, i are half man half drone. this arm here? 0h, isee! ifind out if the human drones are the next social media sensation. and taking a dip with the stingless jellyfish. the stingless “ellyfish. the jellyfish_ stingless jellyfish. the jellyfish harbour i stingless jellyfish. the jellyfish harbour has . stinglessjellyfish. tue: jellyfish harbour has millions upon millions ofjellyfish. so u

but the main draw for many is siargao's largely unspoilt natural environment.est island in asia, and was dubbed the next bali, with plans for further development on the horizon. in december 2021, everything changed. category 5 super typhoon odette hit the island off—guard, with wind speeds of up to 195km/h.

siargao's main surfing spot, cloud 9, is not for the faint—hearted.now almost extinct. beware — they're so sensitive that even a camera flash or a touch of a human can severely hurt or even kill them, so they're best to be looked at from a distance, guided by the volunteers. luzon, the largest island in the philippines, is home to the banaue rice terraces. this unesco world heritage site was carved into the mountainside more than 2,000 years ago using traditional hand tools and techniques. visitors can hike or take guided tours to explore the terraces and learn more about the indigenous people who built them. still to come on the travel show: they're half man and half drone. this arm here? 0h, isee! i find out if the human drones are the next social media sensation. and taking a dip with the stingless jellyfish. this jellyfish sanctuary has millions upon millions ofjellyfish. so don't go away. this is mountain view, one of the most sought—after photo spots in siargao, and also home to the human drones. wearing sports—style jerseys with their names emb

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao andse. so, were you here during odette? typhoon odette? i was here during 0dette. er, probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! hello. scotland had its warmest day of the year so far on tuesday, with temperatures reaching 16 degrees in fyvie castle in aberdeenshire. overall, it was a brighter kind of day, but we still had a number of showers around and those rainfall totals continue to mount up. of course, it's already been a wet month. there are quite a few places now that have seen more than one and a half times the march average rainfall, but there's loads more to come. and, indeed, as we look at this satellite picture, we've got a current batch of rain falling from this cloud, working its way eastwards right now. and the rain's quite heavy, actually, across parts of scotland, england and wales. it will be clearing over the next few

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao andparadise. so, were you here during odette? typhoon odette? i was here during 0dette. probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! hello there. the weather this march has been very wet, really, across a good part of the country. there are many areas that have already seen over a month's worth of rainfall. even though we're nowhere near the end of march, the wettest places have had nearly one and one half times as much rainfall as we've seen in an average march, and there's a lot more to come. as we look at the weather forecast over the next five days, you can see the largest rainfall totals will be across western and particularly northwestern areas of the country. so i think by the end of the month, there'll be some areas that see over double the amounts of march rain. now, sunday, we did have some spells of sunshine initially — however,

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao anddise. so, were you here during odette? typhoon odette? i was here during 0dette. er, probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! the weather this march has been very wet across a good part of the country, many areas have seen over a months worth of rainfall although we are not near the end of march, that winters place have had one and a half times as much rainfall in an average march and a lot more to come as we look at the weather forecast over the next five days, the largest rainfall totals across western and north—western areas of the country. by the end of month summaries will see double the amount of march rain. sunday we had some spells of sunshine initially, things clouded over from the west as the day went by with rain arriving across western areas as the weather front started to push its way in. this weather front will be with

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao andon odette? i was here during 0dette. er, probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! hello. it's already been a pretty wet start to the new working week and there's a lot more rain to come, i'm afraid, over the next few days. the rainfall totals really mount up. the wettest weather, the largest rain accumulations across the western side of the country. eastern areas having a bit of shelter, but even here, there'll be some rains come through. now, over the next few hours, some heavy bursts of rain work from west to east. there'll be a lot of low cloud around our western coast and hills, so hence the risk of some mist and fog patches, but it's going to be a mild start to tuesday morning with temperatures starting off at around nine or ten degrees. the rain across eastern england, north—east scotland will clear sunny intervals follow, but

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao and, were you here during odette? typhoon odette? i was here during 0dette. er, probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! well, it's been a pretty grey and damp start to the new working week. many of us have already seen some outbreaks of rain. these are the rather moody skies that we had during the day in argyll and bute. now, so far this month, we've already seen more rainfall than average in a number of places. aldergrove is west of belfast and here we've had about one and a half times as much rain as we see in an average march, but there is more rain on the cards as well. you see, the satellite picture shows the band of rain that we had on monday. but out in the atlantic, we've got several more areas of rain bearing cloud set to move in. and so this week we are going to see rainfall totals really pile up, particularly across western

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao and you here during odette? typhoon odette? i was here during odette. er, probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! hello. quite an ominous—looking sky behind me with heavy showers forecast for friday, perhaps with hail and thunder. and indeed, the outlook is looking very unsettled. sunday onwards, it'll also turn quite a bit colder, particularly across the northern half of the uk. now, here's the satellite picture — look at this broad area of cloud to the south. that brought the rain on thursday evening. but the centre of the low pressure here now, a very large area of low pressure, is approaching ireland — and within this centre of low pressure, we have frequent showers circling. so from early morning onwards, the winds will start to strengthen across many western parts of the uk. it's already cloudy with showers across scotland and n

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao andradise. so, were you here during odette? typhoon odette? i was here during 0dette. er, probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts. and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather for the big head. blustery, longer spells of rain. there won't be any big changes either in the forecast of the next few days or so. more showers, some studies spells in between shares, brisk south—westerly winds stays mild until we get to the weekend. now, thursday, still low pressure dominates. various systems waiting out in the atlantic. pushing their way eastwards throughout the day, bands of showers. some of the shower is heavy in thundery. that's also a lot of sunshine ran through the morning across much of the rest of the uk. showers will get going through the late morning into the afternoon. moving through into the afternoon. moving through in bands, mer

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao and you here during odette? typhoon odette? i was here during 0dette. er, probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! hello there. for many of us, it has been a fine start to mothering sunday, some blue skies and sunshine. this was the scene earlier on in hampshire, but a scene replicated across many parts of the uk in the sunshine, we will start to see the cloud thickening a little bit, though, towards western areas of the uk and you can see that on the satellite image from this morning. this is a weather front and a weather system bringing some outbreaks of rain as well, but ahead of that many of us, dry with sunny spells. we'll keep the sunny spells for many, one or two showers perhaps possible in central and south—eastern areas as we go into the afternoon. the rain, though, moving its way into northern ireland by the afternoon, pushin

coming up next time... ..carmen�*s in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao anddette? typhoon odette? i was here during odette. er, probably the worst experience of my life. wind blasts and don't forget, you can catch up with all our adventures on social media. but for now, i'm off to get warm. because it's freezing! bye— bye! hello. there is some heavy rain on the way forjust about all of us overnight. that rain has been pushing in from the west, continuing to journey eastwards, bringing some particularly intense downpours for the hills of south—west england, wales, north—west england and also western scotland, where we will also see gales developing. in fact, very windy through western and central parts of scotland. those strong winds combining with high tides to give the risk of some coastal flooding. it is going to be a mild night into tomorrow. then we've got this weather front that will be swirling its way eastwards, taking its rain with it. some further heavy downpours moving across the north of scotland and then generally showery weather through the day,

this week on the travel show, i'm in the philippines, finding out how the island of siargao is bouncing

coming up next time... ..carmen's in the philippines, diving into life on the island of siargao and seeingng, welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and ben thompson. our headlines today: president putin has visited the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, the first time he's entered the country since the russian invasion. donald trump's lawyers play down claims from the former president that he expects to be arrested on criminal charges next week the sound the government says could save your life. emergency warning messages will be sent by the government to people's mobile phones across the uk to test a new alert system. ireland secured an historic grand slam title in dublin. a convincing 13—point victory over england saw them win the six nations in front of a huge home crowd on st patrick's weekend. you may have been dodging the showers yesterday but today looks drier and brighterfor many showers yesterday but today looks drier and brighter for many with sunny spells. the full forecast throughout the morning. it's sunday 19th march. our main story: russian state media is reporting tha