STATE weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Saturday night that Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon and the Visayas are under Signal No. 1.
Tropical Depression “Aghon” slightly weakened as it crossed Ticao Island and Masbate City after making landfall in Eastern Samar earlier on Saturday, according to the “Aghon” is moving west northwestward at 30 kilometers per hour (kph), and has maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kph.
Affected areas as of 2 p.m. are Metro Manila, Aurora, the eastern portion of Nueva Ecija (General Tinio, Gabaldon), the eastern portion of Bulacan (Norzagaray, Doña Remedios Trinidad, City of San Jose del Monte), Quezon including Pollilo Islands, Romblon (Cajidiocan, Magdiwang, San Fernando, Romblon, Corcuera, Banton, San Agustin, San Andres, Calatrava, Concepcion), Marinduque, Laguna, Rizal, Oriental Mindoro (Pinamalayan, Pola, Naujan, Victoria, Socorro, City of Calapan), Batangas (Lobo, Taysan, Rosario, Padre Garcia, San Juan, Santo Tomas), Sorsogon, Albay, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands, the northern portion of Northern Samar (Rosario, Biri, San Isidro, Capul, San Vicente, Victoria, Lavezares, San Antonio, San Jose, Allen, Bobon) and the northern portion of Samar (Tagapul-An).
The weather bureau expects an accumulation of 50-100 millimeters of rain over Metro Manila, the eastern portion of Isabela, Aurora, portions of Rizal and Laguna, as well as the northern portion of Visayas, while Quezon, including Polillo Islands, the eastern portions of Laguna and Rizal, Marinduque, Romblon, and Bicol Region are forecast to have 100-200 mm of rain until Sunday.
“Under these conditions, flooding and rain-induced landslides are possible, especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards as identified in hazard maps and in localities that experienced considerable amounts of rainfall for the past several days,” the weather bureau said.
