& # 39; Inday & # 39; to bring more rain on Luzon

The tropical depression "Inday" is expected to intensify in a storm Thursday, and continue to According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa)

which is moving eastward at a speed of 25 km / h, Inday is unlikely to reach the northern coast of the country. According to meteorologist Ariel Rojas

weather disturbances will continue to cause the southwestern monsoon ("habagat") and will bring intermittent moderate to occasional rainfall over the Ilocos region, the Cagayan Valley and administrative regions. of the Cordillera, as well as the provinces of Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga and Bulacan.

Scattered to moderate light with occasional heavy rains is expected on Metro Manila, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna and the rest of central Luzon until Friday, Rojas said.

Under the flood waters

Pagasa also issued gale warnings on the west coast of central and southern Luzon. In central Luzon, sustained rains due to the effects of Inday kept 105 villages under water Wednesday.

Police reported that they rescued 377 families stranded in flooded houses in Bulacan, Bataan, Pampanga. and Zambales.

The Civil Protection Bureau stated that 60 families had been evacuated from the coastal village of San Pablo in the city of Castillejos in Zambales due to heavy waves

. villages in the city of Meycauayan and the cities of Marilao, Sta. Maria, Obando, Hagonoy and Bulacan

Henry's Anger

Tropical Storm "Henry", meanwhile, made a death and forced hundreds of families to leave their homes in the southern regions of Tagalog.

Police identified the death as Antonio Cudiamat Jr., a fisherman from Calatagan City, Batangas Province. His body was found early Wednesday morning in the sea in Barangay Talisay

The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC) said that 120 families were seeking refuge in the evacuation centers of the villages of Burgos and San Jose, Rizal province.

Some 270 families (819 individuals) from the villages of Banaba, Malanday, Maly, Sta. Ana, Guinayang and Ampid 2 also sought refuge in the city of San Mateo

State of calamity

In Cavite, the city of Naic was placed in a state of calamity after l '; flood of 12 coastal villages. The provincial disaster office said that 120 families from Amaya 5, Amaya 7 and Capipiza villages in Tanza town have been evacuated.

Heavy rains and winds damaged rip rap along the Marcos Highway in Tanay, Rizal. the dike at Tingloy, Batangas, and the dike at Barangay Mabacong, Batangas city

In Barangay Tayamaan, Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, 12 families were evacuated, while the regional DRRMC reported that 357 families were affected in the cities from Magsaysay and Abra de Ilog. – Melvin Gascon, Maricar Cinco, Jeannette I. Andrade, Carmela Reyes-Estrope, Tonette Orejas and Gabriel Cardinoza

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