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Storm trough, 'habagat' to bring rains across parts of the Philippines

Published Sep 11, 2024 01:10 am

At A Glance

  • The tropical storm with the international name "Bebinca" may enter the PAR on Friday or Saturday, Sept. 13 or 14.
  • Once it enters the PAR, it will be given the local name "Ferdie."
  • It may not make landfall but it will enhance the effects of the southwest monsoon, or "habagat," beginning Thursday, Sept. 12, and bring rains over parts of the country.

Rainy weather is expected to prevail over several areas in the next few days due to the trough of a tropical storm and the southwest monsoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

The tropical storm with the international name “Bebinca” was located 2,070 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas, or still outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), at 3 a.m.

PAGASA Weather Specialist Obet Badrina explained that Bebinca is an international name contributed by Macau, which means pudding.

The cyclone intensified into a tropical storm on Tuesday evening, Sept. 10, and is now packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 90 kph.

Badrina said the storm is moving west-northwestward at 25 kph.

It may enter the PAR on Friday or Saturday, Sept. 13 or 14, but is less likely to make landfall.

Once it enters the PAR, it will be given the local name “Ferdie.”

However, Badrina said there is still a possibility that the storm may not enter the vicinity.

Nevertheless, it may enhance the effects of the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” beginning Thursday, Sept. 12, and bring rains over a large portion of the country in the coming days.

Over the next 24 hours, the trough or extension of the storm may bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms to Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Sorsogon, and Masbate.

The storm’s trough may bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms to Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Quezon, and the rest of the Bicol Region.

The rest of the country may also experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to the habagat or localized thunderstorms.

By Thursday, Badrina said Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Visayas may experience scattered rains due to the storm-enhanced habagat.

From Friday to Saturday, he said the habagat may bring scattered rains to Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Central Luzon.

Occasional moderate to heavy rains may persist in Visayas, he added.

Badrina warned about the risk of flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains, particularly in areas that are highly prone to such hazards or have already received significant rainfall in recent days.

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