Rainy Monday as typhoon enters PH

MANILA, Philippines – Parts of the country will experience monsoon rains on Monday, July 7, as Typhoon Florita (international name Neoguri) enters the Philippine area of responsibility on Sunday, July 6.

State weather bureau PAGASA said the eye of the typhoon was located at 880 km east of Aparri, Cagayan, with maximum sustained winds of 185 kph and gustiness up to 220 kph.

It is forecast to move northwest at 24 kph.

Western Visayas, MIMAROPA and the provinces of Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna and Batangas will have monsoon rains.

Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and Visayas will experience occasional rains, while Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest to west will prevail over the Philippines.

The coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be rough. – Rappler.com