No letup in monsoon rain for parts of Luzon

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The enhanced southwest monsoon is affecting the whole country on Sunday, July 20, with provinces in Luzon still hardest-hit

MANILA, Philippines – Heavy rain due to the enhanced southwest monsoon or habagat may persist in the next three days, the weather bureau warned Metro Manila and several provinces in Luzon early Sunday morning, July 20.

The following areas are seen to receive the most rainfall, based on the 5 am advisory of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA):

Sunday, July 20

• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 millimeters): Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro
• Moderate to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Metro Manila, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Benguet, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Laguna, Rizal, Oriental Mindoro

Monday, July 21

• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 mm): Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro
• Moderate to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Batangas

Tuesday, July 22

• Moderate to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro

On Sunday, other areas in Luzon not listed above, as well as the entire Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga, are expected to see scattered rain and thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon, while the rest of Mindanao will have isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

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With the southwest monsoon affecting the whole country on Sunday, floods and landslides remain possible, especially in the hardest-hit areas.

In Quezon City, the La Mesa Dam’s water level reached 79.80 meters at 10 pm on Saturday, July 19, prompting the local government to start implementing preemptive evacuation in the early hours of Sunday.

The Quezon City government urged affected residents of barangays Commonwealth, Nagkaisang Nayon, Santa Monica, Novaliches Proper, Gulod, Capri, San Bartolome, Santa Lucia, Bagbag, North Fairview, and Fairview to cooperate with authorities and evacuate for their safety.

As of 5 am on Sunday, the dam’s water level was at 79.89 meters. Its spilling level is 80.15 meters.

The southwest monsoon is still being enhanced by Severe Tropical Storm Crising (Wipha), which left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday morning.

Crising was last spotted 655 kilometers west of Itbayat, Batanes, at 3 am on Sunday. The severe tropical storm is moving west northwest at a relatively fast 30 kilometers per hour (km/h), heading for China.

It still has maximum sustained winds of 100 km/h and gustiness of up to 125 km/h.

PAGASA Weather Specialist Obet Badrina said in an early Sunday morning briefing that there are no new low pressure areas or potential tropical cyclones being monitored, so far.

But Badrina noted that the weather bureau previously estimated two or three tropical cyclones could develop within or enter PAR in July. Crising was the second for the month, while Typhoon Bising (Danas) was the first. – Rappler.com