Blame ‘habagat,’ not ‘Gener’
By DJ Yap
For its erratic bursts of rain and wind and generally fickle nature, the “bipolar” weather disturbance known as Typhoon “Gener” has become the butt of online jokes.
For its erratic bursts of rain and wind and generally fickle nature, the “bipolar” weather disturbance known as Typhoon “Gener” has become the butt of online jokes.
Ever wonder why despite news on Typhoon Gener’s near exit from the country, classes have been suspended in major areas in Metro Manila and provinces in Luzon?
A woman was killed and five other persons were injured when strong winds caused by Tropical Storm Gener uprooted a large tamarind tree and sent it crashing down on a makeshift eatery in the Villa Arevalo District of Iloilo City Tuesday evening, the authorities said.
Tropical Storm Gener maintained its slow course out of the Philippines on Wednesday, heading slowly toward Taiwan and Japan’s Ryukyu Islands even as the storm-induced southwest monsoon continued dumping rain over Luzon and Western Visayas, the state weather bureau said.
Hundreds of residents in Malabon and Navotas have been evacuated due to rising floods caused by continuous rains from Tropical Storm “Gener.”
Classes are suspended whole day of Wednesday in the following areas due to bad weather.
Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim has yet to decide whether there is a need to suspend afternoon classes Wednesday amid rains that showered Manila brought by tropical storm Gener, a report from Radyo Inquirer 990AM said.
Classes remained suspended Tuesday in several towns in Luzon due to bad weather and flooding, according to the Department of Education.
More than 2,000 people in Cebu, Iloilo and Negros were evacuated after strong winds and huge waves caused by Tropical Storm “Gener” damaged around 300 houses.
Tropical Storm “Gener” claimed the lives of at least four people as it roared off northeast Luzon and dumped heavy rains on large areas of the country. Another six were missing, according to disaster officials.
If you were stranded in some flooded part of the city on Sunday night, that’s your fault. You probably did not monitor weather advisories from government agencies on Twitter or listen to the radio.
Howling winds and pounding rain that struck Metro Manila, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) and Central Luzon late Sunday night caught the weather bureau and residents flat-footed.
At least six domestic flights have been cancelled and 12 other flights were diverted to the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport due to bad weather caused by typhoon Gener, the Manila International Airport Authority said Monday.
