August 31, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Wet climate ought to be anticipated in components of the Bicol Area, the Visayas and Mindanao on the final day of August, reported the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA).
Rainfall between 50 and 100 millimeters might drench the provinces of Catanduanes, Albay, Masbate and Sorsogon in Bicol; Vintage, Iloilo, Guimaras, Negros Occidental, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran, Samar, Northern Samar and Jap Samar within the Visayas and the Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte in Mindanao till at the moment, primarily based on PAGASA’s 24-hour rainfall forecast issued yesterday.
The state climate bureau warned of “localized flooding primarily in areas which are urbanized, low-lying or close to rivers (and) landslide in extremely vulnerable areas.”
The wet climate can be brought on by the southwest monsoon and the trough or extension of a low-pressure space (LPA) final positioned at 520 kilometers east of Guiuan, Jap Samar at 2 p.m. yesterday.
PAGASA famous the LPA was “unlikely” to turn out to be a tropical cyclone within the subsequent 24 hours.
In a separate 24-hour public climate forecast, PAGASA stated the trough of the LPA would carry “cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms within the areas of Bicol, Jap Visayas, Caraga and Davao, whereas the southwest monsoon would carry comparable climate circumstances in MIMAROPA and the remainder of the Visayas and Mindanao.
In the meantime, Metro Manila and the remainder of Luzon will expertise “partly cloudy to cloudy skies with remoted rainshowers and thunderstorms” due to localized thunderstorms.
Floods in Quezon Metropolis
Yesterday, PAGASA reported thunderstorms lashed Metro Manila with “intense to torrential rainshowers with lightning and robust winds” within the afternoon.
The heavy downpour flooded a number of roads in Quezon Metropolis, bringing visitors to a standstill, the Metropolitan Manila Improvement Authority (MMDA) stated.
A portion of Commonwealth Avenue close to the College of the Philippines (UP) Fitness center eastbound and Quezon Avenue tunnel had as much as 37 inches of flood.
As much as 19 inches of floodwater inundated components of Commonwealth Avenue close to Winston, UP Technohub and Bitoon, Katipunan Avenue close to Ateneo de Manila College, Aurora Boulevard and C. P. Garcia, Araneta Avenue close to Maria Clara Road, EDSA close to Mom Ignacia Road and Elliptical Street close to Kalayaan Avenue, which grew to become off limits to automobiles due to deep flooding, the MMDA reported.
In the meantime, different parts of EDSA close to Dario Bridge, Quezon Avenue, North Avenue, Balintawak, Muñoz, West Avenue and Kamuning, Commonwealth Avenue and Quezon Avenue had been inundated with as much as 9 inches of floodwater. Automobiles continued traversing the stated roads, however slowed down due to the floods.