Flash floods, landslides PAGASA said that as of 4 a.m., Maring was estimated at 550 km east of Itbayat, Batanes, with maximum winds of 75 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is forecast to move northeast at 7 kph. Also, PAGASA said the southwest monsoon is affecting much of the country. "Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, CALABARZON and the provinces of Benguet, Zambales, Bataan, Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Bicol region will experience monsoon rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides," it said in its 5 a.m. bulletin. PAGASA said Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and the rest of Luzon will have "cloudy skies with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms." The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds from the southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough, PAGASA said. Waterworld Several parts of Metro Manila became a waterworld early Monday morning, following heavy rain since Sunday night. As of 5 a.m., parts of Manila, Quezon City, Makati City and southern Metro Manila remained flooded, with the Buendia off-ramp from the Skyway closed to traffic. Skyway authorities, in an advisory posted on its Twitter account at 5:26 a.m., said the Buendia off-ramp was "still closed to traffic." The Skyway is the express elevated highway between Makati and Alabang. Earlier, it had noted floods near Raya Garden, Ireneville and Water Fun. In Makati City, several streets were not passable to light vehicles as of 5:40 a.m. These included parts of Barangay Palanan, where floodwaters were 12 inches high and rendered the streets "not passable to light vehicles". At Barangay Pio del Pilar, P. Medina, Balderama, M. Reyes, Cojuangco, Dela Rosa, Pasong Tamo, Pasay Road, along Gil Puyat from Batangas to South Superhighway, along Gil Puyat from Medina to Pasong Tamo, Javier M. Antonio and McKinley to J. Victor had floods 24 to 36 inches high and were not passable.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 05:20:01 +0000
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