05-07-2025
Parts of Metro Manila hit by floods as Habagat rains persist
Several areas in Metro Manila were flooded Saturday as the Southwest Monsoon or Habagat continued to bring scattered rains and thunderstorms.
Ankle-deep floods were seen along parts of Greenwoods Avenue in Pinagbuhatan, Pasig, as shared by YouScooper Pristina Jimenez.
State weather bureau PAGASA had released a thunderstorm advisory for nearby provinces Rizal, Laguna, Batangas and Quezon.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), meanwhile, reported gutter-deep floods along EDSA Aurora tunnel northbound and EDSA Shaw tunnel earlier in the morning.
Heavy rains were also experienced on some roads in Metro Manila.
#BantayPanahon: May kalakasang pag-ulan at bugso ng hangin ang nararanasan ngayon sa Samar Avenue sa Quezon City, as of 11:00 a.m. — DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 5, 2025
#BantayPanahon: Malakas na ulan, nararanasan sa R.M. Blvd. sa Sta. Mesa, Maynila, as of 10:45 a.m. | via Mao dela Cruz — DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 5, 2025
In its daily weather bulletin issued 4 a.m. Saturday, PAGASA said the Southwest Monsoon was affecting not just Metro Manila, but also Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and the rest of Cagayan Valley.
These areas were seen to experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms.
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms also due to the Habagat were felt in the rest of the country.
Batanes and Babuyan Island in northernmost Luzon were feeling the effects of the trough of Tropical Storm Bising (international name: Danas), which is expected to reenter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Monday morning.
PAGASA warned of possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains all over the country. — VDV, GMA Integrated News
