Monsoon rain to hit extreme northern Luzon Monday

MT Satellite image September 22, 2014, 6:01 a.m. Screengrab from https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/

MANILA, Philippines—Extreme northern Luzon will be rainy on Monday due to the southwest monsoon that is affecting it, the weather bureau said.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that Batanes, Babuyan and Calayan groups of islands, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte will have cloudy skies with occasional rains on Monday, while Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.

The coastal waters around Luzon will be moderate to rough and slight to moderate elsewhere, Pagasa added.

Tropical storm “Mario,” which has left the Philippine area of responsibility with 10 persons dead and seven others hurt, was spotted 491 kilometers north of Itbayat, Batanes, as of 12 a.m. Monday.