Pasig River Ferry closed again for October 25, says MMDA

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Pasig River at the Ayala Bridge, which connects Ermita and San Miguel districts of Manila. – Pasig River Ferry operations are still suspended on Friday, October 25, 2024, as Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) continued to affect Metro Manila. The fourth-day suspension of Pasig River Ferry operations was announced by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in a Facebook post on Friday morning, explaining that the pontoon of some ferry stations is still submerged in water due to rains dumped by Kristine over the National Capital Region. (File photo by NIÑO JESUS ORBETA / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines – Pasig River Ferry operations are still suspended on Friday, October 25, as Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) continued to affect Metro Manila.

The fourth-day suspension of Pasig River Ferry operations was announced by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in a Facebook post on Friday morning, explaining that the pontoon of some ferry stations is still submerged in water due to rains dumped by Kristine over the capital region.

On Thursday night, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) raised an emergency red rainfall alert and warned of severe flooding in Metro Manila.

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In the 11 a.m. advisory of Pagasa, Metro Manila was downgraded to Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 as Kristine was forecast to leave the Philippine area of responsibility by Friday afternoon.

Pagasa also said that Kristine’s center was last marked at 255 kilometers west-northwest of Bacnotan, La Union, moving west-northwestward at 15 kilometers per hour (kph) as it maintained maximum sustained winds of 95 kph and gustiness of 115 kph.

Kristine is the 11th cyclone to hit the Philippines this 2024.