24 na probinsiya, inaasahang makararanas ng tagtuyot sa katapusan ng Pebrero ayon sa PAGASA

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24 na probinsiya, inaasahang makararanas ng tagtuyot sa katapusan ng Pebrero ayon sa PAGASA;  El Niño, nasa ‘mature stage’ na umano

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00:00 Are you one of those who can feel the heat of the weather?

00:04 Well, hopefully by the end of February, it will be even hotter.

00:10 Because, according to the forecast, El Nino will be more sensitive

00:15 and more places will experience severe drought.

00:20 Find out more about this in the Central News of Ryan Desigues.

00:23 That's it.

00:28 It's hard, right?

00:30 Why is your throat hard?

00:34 It's so hot.

00:35 Flora May is getting sick because of the heat of the weather.

00:40 Flora May is selling things on the bench

00:42 so that she can feed her three children.

00:45 In the heat of the weather,

00:48 she uses a hot towel and cold water to keep her body warm.

00:53 I don't like it when I'm hot and I'm taking a bath.

00:56 I get a cold.

00:58 I'm already in the death zone.

01:00 I don't want to take a bath.

01:04 When I get home, I'll just take a bath in my room.

01:07 It's not hot anymore.

01:09 According to the forecast, the country is still in the dry season.

01:12 But Flora May feels far from here.

01:16 According to the forecast,

01:18 the weather will be hot until the next few months.

01:21 The dry season is one of the hottest seasons in the country.

01:27 The rain has a big reduction in the amount of rain.

01:33 So, we can see that the temperature is cloudless during the day.

01:39 It means that the sky is very blue.

01:42 It means that the incoming solar radiation is coming directly to us.

01:48 That's what keeps us warm.

01:50 Whereas, if it's cloudy at night,

01:55 the heat or the radiation from the ground won't bounce back.

02:00 So, it will be retained in the atmosphere.

02:03 For now, El Niño is in the mature stage.

02:05 That's why many places are experiencing drought.

02:08 For now, what we can see by the end of April and May,

02:11 around 41 to 40 provinces are experiencing severe meteorological drought conditions.

02:20 So, mostly in Luzon.

02:22 And then, in Visayas, actually, it's not simultaneous.

02:27 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was cried out by the government for the effects of the drought.

02:32 The president also said that the problem with water is not only a seasonal challenge,

02:37 but also a serious threat to the effects of climate change.

02:41 Any disruption to the water supply,

02:43 such as the one posed by the El Niño phenomenon,

02:46 which we are feeling the effects of now,

02:49 degrades our quality of life.

02:51 It dampens our economic activity and can fuel disorder.

02:56 Of all emergencies, water scarcity is the hardest to contain.

03:01 It is, however, preventable with foresight,

03:04 right plans, united action, and strong political will.

03:08 For now, the dams in the country are still at a normal level.

03:12 But the hope of saving water is still in vain.

03:16 Let's just use wet cotton.

03:18 When we get hot, we always have that.

03:22 We bought ice, so let's just use it.

03:25 And let's just refresh ourselves so we don't get dehydrated.

03:30 Ryan Lizigues for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

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