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Ariel Rojas

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1776041141337670068791_1414183684086614_8433248110637698573_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Tropical cyclone Sinlaku, which intensified into a super typhoon Sunday afternoon, is unlikely to enter the Philippine area of responsibility, according to PAGASA.</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Tropical cyclone Sinlaku, which intensified into a super typhoon Sunday afternoon, is unlikely to enter the Philippine area of responsibility, according to PAGASA.</p><p>“Inaasahan itong hindi papasok o mababa ang tsansa na pumasok sa ating Philippine area of responsibility,” senior weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said in the agency’s live weather broadcast early Monday.</p><p>It will not impact the country’s weather as well, Aurelio added.</p><p>Sinlaku is packing winds of 205 kilometers per hour, with gustiness up to 250 kph.</p><p>The super typhoon was spotted 2,580 kilometers east of Visayas at 3 a.m. Monday and is moving west northwestward at 15 kph.</p><p>The weather disturbance is forecast to pass near Guam and Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday, April 14.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Meanwhile, the Philippines will continue to experience mostly hot and dry conditions.</p><p>The ridge of a high pressure area still extends over Northern Luzon, restricting cloud formation and therefore bringing fair and dry weather in the area.</p><p>The rest of the country will also be warm, with possible afternoon showers or localized thunderstorms.</p><p>In Cotabato City, the heat index may hit danger level again at 42°C this Monday.</p><p>Ten other areas, mostly in Luzon, also may reach 40 to 41°C heat index today:</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>41°C</strong></div><p>• Borongan City</p><p>• Cavite City</p><p>• Coron, Palawan</p><p>• Dumangas, Iloilo</p><p>• Zamboanga City</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>40°C</strong></div><p>• Aparri, Cagayan</p><p>• Pasay City</p><p>• San Ildefonso, Bulacan</p><p>• Tanauan City</p><p>• Tuguegarao City</p><div><br/></div><p>PAGASA earlier said the country’s warm and dry season usually peaks in April and the first half of May, adding temperatures in Northern and Central Luzon may reach 40°C this month.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fIZNVwLs8vk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Tropical cyclone Sinlaku, which intensified into a super typhoon Sunday afternoon, is unlikely to enter the Philippine area of responsibility, according to PAGASA.</p>

Tropical cyclone Sinlaku, which intensified into a super typhoon Sunday afternoon, is unlikely to enter the Philippine area of responsibility, according to PAGASA.

Super typhoon Sinlaku unlikely to enter PAR; hot, dry conditions to continue—PAGASA

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Super typhoon Sinlaku unlikely to enter PAR; hot, dry conditions to continue—PAGASA

Ariel Rojas,

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Published April 13, 2026 08:46 AM PHT

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