Danger level heat index hits Dumangas, Iloilo and Catarman, N. Samar

MANILA, Philippines — The heat index reached the danger level in Dumangas, Iloilo and Catarman, Northern Samar on Easter Sunday, the state weather bureau said. Heat index, as defined by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), is the measure of the contribution that high humidity makes with abnormally high temperatures in reducing