MANILA – The country will continue to experience fair weather and isolated rain showers on Wednesday, a forecaster said.
No weather disturbance was monitored in the Pacific Ocean, said Aldczar Aurelio of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
However, a cloud cluster was monitored in the Sulu Sea. "This will bring scattered rains in a huge part of the Visayas," he said.
Aurelio said the cloud cluster is expected to dissipate within the day.
He said most of the country will experience fair and sunny weather, with isolated rain showers.
PAGASA forecast the easterlies to cause isolated rain showers and thunderstorms over Quezon, Bicol Region, and Eastern Visayas.
The rest of the country will likely experience isolated rain showers due to localized thunderstorms.
Light to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas still prevail across the archipelago, PAGASA said.
26 dead from ‘habagat’, 4 cyclones; 1.47M affected
Meanwhile, the death toll from the effects of tropical cyclones Ferdie, Gener, Helen, and Igme and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) has climbed to 26.
In its latest situation report, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said that of the reported deaths, only four from Mimaropa have been confirmed so far.
Still undergoing validation are the other six reported deaths in Mimaropa; five in Western Visayas four in the Zamboanga Peninsula; four in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM); two in Centra; Visayas, and one in Northern Mindanao.
In the same report, three out of the 18 reported injuries are verified while the rest are still undergoing verification.
A total of 393,014 families or 1,473,487 people were affected by these weather disturbances.
Of these, 3,484 families or 14,722 persons are being sheltered in 100 evacuation centers, while another 2,878 families, or 12,749 individuals are being aided outside.
A total of 3,364 houses were damaged in 11 regions. (with Priam Nepomuceno/PNA)
