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...
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...
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...
The ambassadors of the European Union, France, Germany, and the United States expressed their solidarity with Filipinos as recovery from the effects of the recent typhoons and enhanced southwest monsoon, or habagat, begins across the affected areas. Ambassadors Massimo Santoro of the European...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has suspended tourism activities in over 100 destinations across 13 regions due to widespread disruptions caused by typhoon “Emong,” tropical storm “Dante,” and the intensified southwest monsoon, or “habagat.” Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco...
Tropical Storm Dante continues to move north-northwestward over the Philippine Sea while maintaining its strength, as the newly formed Tropical Depression Emong threatens to make landfall over Northern Luzon before the end of the week, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and...
As more rains from the enhanced southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” are expected to drench several parts of the Philippines, the chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said these persistent downpours may be linked to climate change, which...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Wednesday, July 23, said tropical cyclones “Dante” and “Emong” are beginning to interact as they draw closer to each other, a weather phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara effect. PAGASA Administrator...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has began its disaster relief operations, providing food packs, hygiene kits, and free shuttle rides, for victims of Typhoon Crising and the enhanced southwest monsoon, locally known as habagat. Some 5,900 families in various affected areas across the country...
Two cyclones are now inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), as the low-pressure area (LPA) near Northern Luzon developed into a tropical depression on Wednesday, July 23, and was named “Emong.” It joins “Dante,” which had already formed off Aurora on Tuesday, July 22. As of 11...
