MANILA, Philippines — The rainfall warning in Metro Manila has been downgraded to yellow while Zambales and Bataan remain under an orange alert as monsoon rains continue to drench a wide swathe of Luzon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration).
In its 5 p.m. bulletin, the towns of Bagac, Mariveles, Morong, Limay, Orion, Pilar and Balanga in Bataan and San Antonio, Subic and Olongapo City in Zambales are currently under orange warning, with floods threatening to swamp these areas.
Meanwhile, aside from Metro Manila, other areas under a yellow alert are parts of Zambales (Botolan, San Marcelino, Cabangan, Candelaria, Iba, Masinloc, Palauig, Santa Cruz, Castillejos, San Felipe, San Narciso), Bataan(Abucay, Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Orani, Samal), Pampanga(Floridablanca, Lubao, Sasmuan, Macabebe, Masantol, Guagua, Minalin, Apalit, Santa Rita, Santo Tomas, San Simon, Bacolor, San Fernando), Bulacan(Calumpit, Hagonoy, Paombong, Bulakan, Malolos, Obando, Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas, Guiguinto, Pulilan, Plaridel, San Jose del Monte, Santa Maria, Pandi, Bustos, Baliuag), Cavite(Ternate, Maragondon, Naic, Tanza, Rosario, Cavite City, Noveleta, Bacoor, Kawit, Imus, General Trias) and Batangas(Nasugbu, Lian).
These areas can expect flooding.
Light to moderate rains are expected over Nueva Ecija, Quezon, Laguna, Tarlac, Cavite(Dasmarinas, Carmona, Gen. Mariano Alvarez, Silang, Amadeo, Trece Martires, Indang, Tagaytay, Mendez, Alfonso, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes) and Batangas(Balayan, Tuy, Calatagan, Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Batangas City, Bauan, Calaca, Tanauan, Cuenca, Ibaan, Laurel, Lemery, Lipa, Lobo, Mabini, Malvar, Mataasnakahoy, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, San Luis, San Nicolas, San Pascual, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Taal, Talisay, Taysan, Tingloy) in the next three hours.
Meanwhile, Rizal(Antipolo, Rodriguez, San Mateo, Angono, Baras, Binangonan, Cainta, Cardona, Morong, Taytay, Teresa), Bulacan(Angat, Dona Remedios Trinidad, Norzagaray, San Ildefonso, San Miguel, San Rafael) and Pampanga(Arayat, Candaba, Magalang, Mexico, San Luis, Santa Ana, Angeles, Mabalacat, Porac) are experiencing light to moderate rains, which may persist within 3 hours.
In a separate 5 p.m. bulletin, the Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan), and Antique should expect cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms, while the rest of Luzon and rest of Visayas could expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon.
The rest of the country can expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms.
