‘Igme’ brings light rains to Isabela
By Jeannette I. Andrade
The weather bureau placed Cagayan and Isabela under public Storm Signal No. 1 even as “Igme” (international name: Tembin) skirted northern Luzon on Monday but intensified into a typhoon.

The weather bureau placed Cagayan and Isabela under public Storm Signal No. 1 even as “Igme” (international name: Tembin) skirted northern Luzon on Monday but intensified into a typhoon.

In Bulacan, disaster response officials have started strict monitoring of water levels in the province’s three dams–Angat, Ipo and Bustos–amid heavy rains here since last week.

schools yesterday as water levels in central Luzon’s rivers rose and coastal villages were swamped by high tide, local officials said.
Like most farmers in this rice-producing town, Rose Palazuelo won’t be expecting a merry Christmas this year.