MANILA, Philippines - (Updated 11:17 p.m., August 14) Due to continuous threat of Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) in Luzon, Metro Manila and Visayas, some local government units (LGUs) have declared suspension of classes for tomorrow, Monday, August 15, 2016.
State weather bureau PAGASA on its 5:00 p.m. bulletin said that Monsoon rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides will be experienced over Metro Manila and the provinces of Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas and Mindoro.
PAGASA added that occasional rains will prevail over Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), western Visayas, rest of central Luzon and the provinces of Laguna, Quezon, Rizal and Palawan.
Meanwhile, cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms is expected over the rest of Luzon and Visayas. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms will be experienced over Mindanao.Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough.
(As of 11:17 p.m., August 14) Here's the updated list of class suspensions for Monday, August 15, 2016 due to heavy rains brought by Habagat (refresh page for the updates):
METRO MANILA
RIZAL
PROVINCIAL
UPDATE: Batangas was included in the list earlier based from Weather Watch information on Facebook. However, Batangas PIO Capitol has tweeted that no official announcements coming from the Provincial Government of Batangas are made yet regarding suspension of classes.
Based on automatic class suspension guideline, LGUs have the authority to declare local suspensions in areas where there is no storm signal.
Stay safe and dry everyone!
State weather bureau PAGASA on its 5:00 p.m. bulletin said that Monsoon rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides will be experienced over Metro Manila and the provinces of Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas and Mindoro.
PAGASA added that occasional rains will prevail over Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), western Visayas, rest of central Luzon and the provinces of Laguna, Quezon, Rizal and Palawan.
Meanwhile, cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms is expected over the rest of Luzon and Visayas. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms will be experienced over Mindanao.Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough.
(As of 11:17 p.m., August 14) Here's the updated list of class suspensions for Monday, August 15, 2016 due to heavy rains brought by Habagat (refresh page for the updates):
METRO MANILA
- Caloocan - all levels (public and private)
- Las Pinas - all levels (public and private)
- Makati - all levels (public and private)
- Malabon - all levels (public and private)
- Mandaluyong - all levels (public and private)
- Manila - all levels (public and private)
- Marikina – all levels (public and private)
- Muntinlupa - all levels (public and private)
- Navotas - all levels (public and private)
- Parañaque – all levels (public and private)
- Pasay - all levels (public and private)
- Pasig - all levels (public and private)
- Pateros - all levels (public and private)
- Quezon City – all levels (public and private)
- San Juan - all levels (public and private)
- Taguig – all levels (public and private)
- Valenzuela - all levels (public and private)
RIZAL
- Cainta, Rizal – all levels (public and private)
- Rodriguez, Rizal – all levels (public and private)
- San Mateo, Rizal – all levels (public and private)
- Taytay, Rizal - all levels (public and private)
PROVINCIAL
- Bacoor, Cavite - all levels (public and private)
- Nueva Ecija - all levels (public and private)
- Apalit, Pampanga - all levels (public and private)
- Arayat, Pampanga - all levels (public and private)
- Bacolor, Pampanga – all levels (public and private)
- Candaba, Pampanga - all levels (public and private)
- Floridablanca, Pampanga - all levels (public and private)
- Guagua, Pampanga – all levels (public and private)
- Lingayen – Pre-school to highscool (public and private)
- Lubao, Pampanga - all levels (public and private)
- Mabalacat, Pampanga – preschool to high school (public and private)
- Magalang, Pampanga – all levels (public and private)
- Masantol, Pampanga – preschool to high school (public and private)
- Mexico, Pampanga – preschool to high school (public and private)
- Minalin, Pampanga – all levels (public and private)
- Porac, Pampanga - preschool to high school (public and private)
- San Fernando, Pampanga – all levels (public and private)
- San Luis, Pampanga - all levels (public and private)
- San Simon, Pampanga - all levels (public and private)
- Sasmuan, Pampanga – all levels (public and private)
- Sto Tomas, Pampanga – all levels (public and private)
- Bugallion, Pangasinan - kinder to high school (public and private)
- Lingayen, Pangasinan - preschool to senior high school (public and private)
- Calasiao, Pangasinan - preschool to high school (public and private)
- Tarlac – all levels (public and private)
UPDATE: Batangas was included in the list earlier based from Weather Watch information on Facebook. However, Batangas PIO Capitol has tweeted that no official announcements coming from the Provincial Government of Batangas are made yet regarding suspension of classes.
Based on automatic class suspension guideline, LGUs have the authority to declare local suspensions in areas where there is no storm signal.
Stay safe and dry everyone!
