Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued over 70 stranded families in Zamboanga City due to massive flooding caused by the low-pressure area (LPA) and intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) on Friday, Sept. 17.
The PCG said more than 70 stranded families in Barangay Talisayan, Zamboanga City were taken to safer grounds in Talisayan Elementary School that served as an evacuation area for the affected residents.
A new low-pressure area (LPA) that is embedded along the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) has formed east of Visayas on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 18, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
The PAGASA said the LPA has a slim chance of intensifying into a tropical depression but the weather disturbance may bring rain showers over Visayas and some areas in Luzon and Mindanao in the next 24 hours.
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