Rainy Thursday as ‘Karding,’ LPA enhance southwest monsoon–Pagasa
THE Philippines will experience continuing rains as Tropical Storm “Karding” and a low pressure area (LPA) enhance the southwest monsoon in the country, the state-run weather bureau said on Thursday.
In its 4 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Karding was estimated at 1265 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes, with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is moving north-northeast at 15 kph.
Karding, along with an LPA spotted 730 kms north of Luzon but still outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), will induce the southwest monsoon, causing scattered, widespread, moderate to heavy rains over the western sections of Northern and Central Luzon, and parts of Visayas and making sea travel risky.
Pagasa said it was not expecting the tropical storm to make landfall in any part of the country, and would be out by Friday evening or Saturday morning.
Residents are advised to take precautionary measures against possible flooding and landslides, especially those living near river channels, low-lying areas, and in mountainous areas. MIA MACATIAG, ALEC NALDO
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