Cebu to have rainy days ahead: Pagasa

Monday, February 13, 2012

A LOW-pressure area in Mindanao will bring rains in Cebu in the next few days, the weather bureau said yesterday.

Quiley Torregoza, weather observer at Pagasa’s Mactan, Cebu station, advised residents in Cebu to stay alert against floods and landslides. He also advised fishermen not to venture into the rough seas.

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The low-pressure area, spotted near Malaybalay City in Bukidnon yesterday, is not likely to develop into a typhoon, however, said Torregoza.

But the low-pressure area, he said, may generate two millimeters of rain per hour, which can trigger floods if the rains last for several hours.

According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), no tropical cyclone threatened the country as of yesterday.

“Both LPA (low-pressure area) and tail-end of a cold front will continue to bring cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rains and thunderstorms in Southern Luzon, Visayas and Northern and Eastern Mindanao which may trigger flashfloods and landslides,” Pagasa said in its weather advisory yesterday.

Torregoza said the northeast monsoon or amihan will also bring cloudy skies and rains in Cebu.

The public, he added, can expect a wet summer because of the La Niña phenomenon.