LPA, ‘habagat’ to dampen most of the Philippines
A low pressure area (LPA) and the southwest monsoon are expected to bring widespread rains and thunderstorms across most of the country in the next few days, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Thursday, July 18.
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00:00Today, we are hoping that almost the entire country will experience a rainy season
00:06due to the low tides and low-price area.
00:09Here in Luzon, the places that will experience heavy rains and thunderstorms
00:15are in Cagayan, Isabela, Kirino, Bulacan, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Metro Manila,
00:24Bataan, and Bicol Region.
00:27That is why we remind our countrymen to be careful of possible floods or landslides
00:34because we have seen that there is a chance of occasional heavy rains.
00:40Meanwhile, most of Luzon, as you can see,
00:45we are fair-weather where we will experience parts of cloudy to rainy conditions
00:52except for isolated rains.
00:56Let's go to Visayas and Mindanao.
00:59This entire province, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula,
01:04as well as Barm and Caraga,
01:07will also experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms.
01:14That is why we remind our countrymen to continue to be careful
01:20because there is still a chance of floods or landslides
01:24due to occasional heavy rains.
01:28Meanwhile, most of Mindanao, we are fair-weather
01:33where we will experience parts of cloudy to rainy conditions
01:39except for isolated rains.
01:44As you can see, almost the entire country is experiencing cloudy skies with rains.
01:51Southwest Monsoon or Habagat,
01:54the northern part of Southern Luzon is affected,
01:58up to Mindanao.
02:00The low-pressure area,
02:03just a few days ago,
02:05was witnessed in the vicinity of Catbalogan City, Samar.
02:10This low-pressure area still has a low chance of flooding.
02:15Tomorrow, almost the entire country will experience rainy season
02:20due to Habagat and low-pressure area.
02:23We remind our countrymen in places like Mimaropa,
02:28as well as Bicol Region, entire Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and Barm
02:34because tomorrow, there is still a chance of occasional heavy rains.
02:39That is why we should continue to be careful of possible floods or landslides.
02:48The sun will rise until 5.36 in the morning.
02:52The sun will set until 6.29 in the afternoon.
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