Weather Today – September 26, 2017 LPA brings rains

LPA brings rains

Cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms may still occur in some parts of the country due to the Low Pressure Area (LPA).

At 3:00 AM, an LPA was located at 115 kilometers north of Coron, Palawan. Although it is no longer expected to develop into a Tropical Cyclone, lightning, moderate to occasional heavy rains, strong winds and flashfloods may still occur in some areas. These include Metro Manila, Central Luzon, MIMAROPA, CALABARZON, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao and Davao Region.

For the rest of the country, partly cloudy to cloudy skies will prevail with chances of isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.

Today in History

Exactly eight years ago today, Tropical Storm Ondoy made landfall in the boundary of Aurora and Quezon, and crossed Central Luzon for 12 hours. On the same day, it enhanced the habagat, which brought rains concentrated in Metro Manila, Central and Southern Luzon, and some parts of Visayas and Mindanao.

Based on the final report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (then the National Disaster Coordinating Council), Tropical Storm Ondoy affected 4.9 million people in the country. The catastrophic storm also took 464 lives, injured 529 and caused 37 unaccounted for.