Pagasa: Expect rains this week

Light to moderate rains will be experienced today and tomorrow in Cebu as another low pressure area is expected in the Visayas next week.

Pagasa Mactan station weather analyst Oscar Tabada said there will also be light to moderate winds from the southwest to southeast.

“If the rain is strong, fisherfolk are advised to keep out of shore,” he told Cebu Daily News.

Tabada said households should turn off TV, radio, computers and other appliances in case of lightning.

“Stay away from water since it is a strong conductor of electricity,” Tabada said.

Philippine Coast Guard Cebu Station Commander Weniel Azcuna said the Pagasa forecast showed no tropical depression near and around Cebu.

As of 2 p.m yesterday, the Coast Guard didn’t issue any travel advisories.

About two persons died and 55 stranded passengers of MV Lady of Mt. Carmel were rescued off Agora Point in Burias Island in Masbate province after the vessel sank at past 1 a.m. yesterday.

Carlota Zena, a 59-year-old resident of Baleno, Masbate, and Erlinda Julbitado also a 59-year-old resident of Masbate, both drowned after the roll-on, roll-off (roro) vessel owned by the Cebu-based Medallion Shipping Lines sank in the area. Correspondents Christine Emily L. Pantaleon and Michelle Joy L. Padayhag