Warm and mostly dry conditions will prevail over most of the country in the next three days, while the southwest monsoon (habagat) continues to affect extreme Northern Luzon, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA) on Sunday, Aug. 3. PAGASA weather specialist...
ILOILO CITY – Six people died and two persons remain missing from the stormy weather last month in Western Visayas region, latest data released by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-6 chaired by the Office of Civil Defense-6 on the impact of the ‘’habagat’’...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said significant rainfall from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” is gradually decreasing across most parts of the country However, PAGASA weather specialist Chenel Dominguez said occasional moderate to...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has delivered more than P771 million worth of humanitarian aid to families affected by recent tropical cyclones and the southwest monsoon (habagat). As of 4 a.m., Wednesday, July 30, the agency had dispatched over 1.1 million family food packs...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Wednesday, July 30 said the southwest monsoon or “habagat” continues to affect the country and is expected to bring occasional rains over parts of Northern Luzon. PAGASA weather specialist Loriedin dela...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) transported relief assistance to the island of Batanes on Tuesday, July 29, in the aftermath of the successive storms and enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) that affected the country. Department of National Defense (DND)...
Intense to torrential rainfall from July 20 to 23, fueled by the tropical cyclone-enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat), was comparable to some of the most notable habagat events in recent history, particularly in 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021, and 2024, data from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical...
The southwest monsoon or “habagat” will continue to bring significant rainfall over parts of western Luzon in the next two days, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Tuesday, July 29. PAGASA weather specialist Veronica Torres said...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed nearly 830,000 family food packs to regions affected by recent weather disturbances and is preparing P450 million in financial assistance for low-income families as they recover from the disaster. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian...
The death toll due to the combined effects of Tropical Cyclones “Crising”, “Dante”, “Emong” and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) was lowered by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to 31 from 32 on Monday, July 28. A report from the NDRRMC showed...
Two tropical cyclones outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) continue to enhance the southwest monsoon (habagat) by pulling moist winds toward the land, bringing persistent rains over parts of western Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
DAGUPAN CITY – An agricultural group estimated initial damage to agriculture and livestock in Region 1 (Ilocos) from typhoon “Emong” and the southwest monsoon or ‘’habagat’’ at P8 billion. Rosendo So, chairman of SINAG, in a radio interview here, said hardest hit by Emong were the...
