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43-degree weather threatens Metro Manila, 32 areas under danger heat index

Pedestrians use umbrellas and other items to shield themselves from the sun in Quezon City on March 6, 2025. Weather authorities have issued warnings and heat index data as dangerously high temperatures affect parts of the country well before the traditional summer months. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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David Dizon

ABS-CBN News

It’s going to be a red hot Tuesday in parts of the country, with heat index temperatures reaching as high as 45 degrees Celsius, according to weather bureau PAGASA.PAGASA said a total of 32 areas are facing danger heat index levels of 42 degrees Celsius and above, which carries a risk for heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iSoakFl7zEA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> </div>ISU Echague in Isabela is topping the list, with projected heat index level of 45 degrees, followed by 3 areas facing 44-degree heat index levels: Tuguegarao City, Cagayan; Sangley Point, Cavite City in Cavite; and Daet, Camarines Norte.NAIA Pasay City, Metro Manila - 43Science Garden Quezon City, Metro Manila - 43Dagupan City, Pangasinan - 43Aparri, Cagayan - 42Tuguegarao City, Cagayan - 44ISU Echague in Isabela - 45Iba, Zambales - 42CLSU Munoz, Nueva Ecija - 42Cubi Pt, Subic Bay, Olongapo City - 43San Ildefonso, Bulacan - 43TAU Camiling, Tarlac - 43Hacienda Luisina, Tarlac - 42Sangley Point, Cavite City in Cavite - 44Ambulong, Tanauan, Batangas - 43Alabat, Quezon - 43Coron, Palawan - 42San Jose, Occidental Mindoro - 42Cuyo, Palawan - 42Daet, Camarines Norte - 44Legazpi City, Albay - 42Virac (Synop), Catanduanes - 42Masbate City, Masbate - 42CBSUA-Pili, Camarines Sur - 43Roxas City, Capiz - 42Iloilo City, Iloilo - 42<div> </div>Catarman, Northern Samar - 43Catbalogan, Western Samar - 42VSU-Baybay, Leyte - 42Guiuan, Eastern Samar - 42Maasin, Southern Leyte - 42Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur - 43Davao City, Davao del Sur - 42<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17464908592631746490854812.png" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div>Visayas, Caraga, and Davao Region are set to experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms while Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies.A low pressure area spotted near the Philippine area of responsibility was estimated based on all available data at 660 km West Northwest of Coron, Palawan or 455 km North of Kalayaan, Palawan (Pag-asa Island) as of 3 a.m.

It’s going to be a red hot Tuesday in parts of the country, with heat index temperatures reaching as high as 45 degrees Celsius, according to weather bureau PAGASA.

It’s going to be a red hot Tuesday in parts of the country, with heat index temperatures reaching as high as 45 degrees Celsius, according to weather bureau PAGASA.