PAGASA spots LPA near GenSan; 16 areas face 'danger' heat index

HEAT INDEX APRIL 28

David Dizon

ABS-CBN News

Agence France-Presse

Weather bureau PAGASA is monitoring a low pressure located 695 km east of General Santos City as of 3 a.m. Monday. The LPA is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao and has a low chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours.<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FPAGASA.DOST.GOV.PH%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02TH9BC5oPq7yHcSxnn1PaMDtEi3Lu7GNe77eFyupPeMvBtzdp3k5aDxEpNkeXHti9l&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="450" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Davao Region and SOCCSKSARGEN will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the LPA while the rest of Mindanao and Palawan will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the ITCZ.Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies.Meanwhile, the following areas are set to experience dangerous heat index levels of 42 degrees Celsius and above,Dagupan City, Pangasinan - 42Aparri, Cagayan - 42Sangley Point, Cavite City, Cavite - 44Coron, Palawan - 42San Jose, Occidental Mindoro - 43Cuyo, Palawan - 42Masbate City, Masbate - 42Roxas City, Capiz - 42Iloilo City, Iloilo - 42Dumangas, Iloilo - 42La Granja, La Carlota, Negros Occidental - 42Siquijor, Siquijor - 42Guiuan, Eastern Samar - 42<div>EMBED HEAT INDEX 8</div>Some six million Filipino students lost up to two weeks&#x27; worth of classroom learning last year as temperatures hit a record 38.8 degrees Celsius (101.4 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the education department.Schools reported cases of heat exhaustion, nose bleeds and hospitalizations as students struggled through lessons in classrooms without air conditioning.Scientists say extreme heat is a clear marker of climate change, caused largely by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.Last year&#x27;s heat was further exacerbated by the seasonal El Nino phenomenon. With Agence France-Presse

Weather bureau PAGASA is monitoring a low pressure located 695 km east of General Santos City as of 3 a.m. Monday.

Weather bureau PAGASA is monitoring a low pressure located 695 km east of General Santos City as of 3 a.m. Monday.

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PAGASA spots LPA near GenSan; 13 areas face 'danger' heat index

PAGASA spots LPA near GenSan; 13 areas face 'danger' heat index

David Dizon,

ABS-CBN News,

Agence France-Presse

Published Apr 28, 2025 06:55 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 28, 2025 08:17 AM PHT

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