Pagasa: Warmer weather this week

MANILA, Philippines - The country will have warm weather in the next three to five days due to the easterly wind coming from the Pacific Ocean, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported yesterday.

Good weather is expected in most parts of the country this week, save for isolated passing rains in the Visayas.

PAGASA weather division chief Robert Sawi said no tropical cyclone formation is expected in the next five days.

“We expect the wind coming from the Pacific Ocean to bring warmer temperatures in the coming days,” Sawi told The STAR.

The weather bureau said the northeast monsoon would continue to affect the extreme Northern Luzon in the next 24 hours.

The regions of Ilocos, Cordillera and Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Basyang leaves 3 dead

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Tropical Depression Basyang left at least three people dead and displaced 1,130 families or 5,646 individuals after hitting parts of the Visayas and Mindanao.

Jose Haji Babatid, 22, of Balamban town, died of electrocution while Danny Tundag, 24, of Daanbantayan, both in Cebu, drowned when a motorized boat capsized in Camotes Island on Friday.

Dionesio Paler, 66, also died of drowning in Maasin City, Southern Leyte. – With Alexis Romero