MANILA, Jul 22 (NNN-PNA) – The state weather bureau yesterday warned of heavy rainfall in Metro Manila and nearby areas, due to the south-west monsoon, today.
The habagat (South West Monsoon) is enhanced by Typhoon Fabian and a severe tropical storm, outside the Philippine area of responsibility, PAGASA (one of the attached agencies of the Department of Science and Technology) of the Philippines said, in its 5:00 a.m. bulletin this morning.
The weather bureau raised the following warnings over parts of Luzon:
Red warning – serious flooding is expected in flood-prone areas
- Bataan
- Zambales
Orange warning – flooding is threatening
- Metro Manila
- Cavite
Yellow warning – flooding in flood-prone areas
- Tarlac
- Pampanga
- Batangas
- Bulacan
Light to moderate with occasional heavy rains persist within three hours over Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Rizal, and Quezon, according to PAGASA.
Fabian is unlikely to bring heavy rainfall to the country, but hoisting of storm signals over the Batanes-Babuyan Islands region remained possible, the weather bureau earlier said.– NNN-PNA
