Philippine weather bureau PAGASA announces Friday, March 22, the warm and dry season or ‘tag-init’ has begun. Filipinos often call this season ‘summer.’
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00:00 Philippine Weather Bureau, Pagasa, announces on Friday, March 22, the warm and dry season
00:06 or tag-init has begun.
00:09 Filipinos often call this season summer, but the country only has two major seasons, rainy
00:13 and dry.
00:15 The warm and dry season usually lasts until May.
00:19 Temperatures are expected to rise during this period, with Pagasa issuing daily heat index
00:23 figures.
00:24 Pagasa Administrator Nathaniel Cervando advises people to take extra precautions to prevent
00:30 illnesses such as heat stress and heat stroke.
00:33 He adds, hotter days will happen alongside the El Niño phenomenon.
00:38 In the Philippines, El Niño triggered drought in at least 37 areas, a dry spell in 22 areas,
00:43 and dry conditions in 12 areas as of Sunday, March 17.
00:47 The Department of Agriculture estimates the cost of damage of El Niño to agriculture
00:52 in eight regions has reached P1.75 billion as of March 14.
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