A low pressure area (LPA) east of Northern Luzon may move generally northwestward and away from the country, and its influence on the southwest monsoon may also weaken, PAGASA reported yesterday.
State weather bureau PAGASA noted the southwest monsoon or ‘hanging habagat’ will continue to bring occasional to frequent rains Ilocos region, Zambales and Bataan.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms, while the rest of the archipelago will be partly cloudy to cloudy with possibilities of localized rain showers or thunderstorms.
From Tuesday until Friday, the whole archipelago will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of localized rain showers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening.
PAGASA also reported that the gates of three major dams in northern Luzon remained open yesterday as these continue to release water from the heavy rains in the past few days, according to PAGASA.
Meanehile, a total of over 600 million pesos reported damage in agriculture by four cyclones and the southwest monsoon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
In its latest situation report, the disaster agency said, MIMAROPA was hit the hardest with reported damage of P431,456, 606 followed by Region 6 with P168,184,342 in reported damages.
The NDRRMC said the combined effects of habagat and storms Ferdie, Gener, Helen and Igme have so far affected 11,170 farmers and fisherfolk nationwide.
The damage covers about 11,000 hectares of rice, corn and high-value crops, the agency added.
Meanwhile, the NDRRMC said the damage wrought by the recent weather disturbances in the country’s infrastructure has climbed to more than P22 million.
On the other hand, around 1.4 million individuals were affected, with 25 reported dead, 13 injured and eight missing.
