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'Falcon' leaves PAR; 'habagat' rains may persist over western Luzon
Philippines
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'Falcon' leaves PAR; 'habagat' rains may persist over western Luzon
'Falcon' leaves PAR; 'habagat' rains may persist over western Luzon
Published Aug 1, 2023 09:55 am
Typhoon Falcon (international name: Khanun) left the country’s area of responsibility at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 1, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
PAGASA last located Falcon 835 kilometers northeast of extreme Northern Luzon, or outside the Philippine area of responsibility, as of 4 p.m.
It was moving west-northwestward at 15 kilometers per hour (kph), while packing maximum sustained winds of 175 kph near the center and gusts of up to 215 kph.
(PAGASA)
However, PAGASA said the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” being enhanced by Falcon, may continue to bring occasional rains to western Luzon. In the next 24 hours, scattered to widespread heavy rains may persist in Zambales and Bataan, while occasional moderate to heavy rains may prevail over Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, and Occidental Mindoro. Meanwhile, scattered light to heavy monsoon rains may continue in Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Tarlac, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan. “Under these conditions, flooding and rain-induced landslides are expected especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards as identified in hazard maps and in localities that experienced considerable amounts of rainfall for the past several days,” PAGASA warned.
(PAGASA)
However, PAGASA said the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” being enhanced by Falcon, may continue to bring occasional rains to western Luzon. In the next 24 hours, scattered to widespread heavy rains may persist in Zambales and Bataan, while occasional moderate to heavy rains may prevail over Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, and Occidental Mindoro. Meanwhile, scattered light to heavy monsoon rains may continue in Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Tarlac, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan. “Under these conditions, flooding and rain-induced landslides are expected especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards as identified in hazard maps and in localities that experienced considerable amounts of rainfall for the past several days,” PAGASA warned.
Gusty conditions
PAGASA may no longer raise tropical cyclone wind warnings over the extreme Northern Luzon due to Falcon, but warned that the enhanced southwest monsoon may bring gusty conditions over several parts of Luzon. On Tuesday, gusty conditions may prevail over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Abra, Benguet, Zambales, Bataan, the central and southern portions of Aurora, Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, and most of Ilocos Region, Southern Luzon, Bicol Region, and Western Visayas. On Wednesday, Aug. 2, gusty conditions caused by the habagat may continue to affect Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Region, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Zambales, Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Metro Manila, Southern Luzon, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, the western portion of Northern Samar, and most of the Cordillera Administrative Region. On Thursday, Aug. 3, gusty conditions may persist in Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Zambales, Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Metro Manila, Southern Luzon, Bicol Region, Northern Samar, and Western Visayas.