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Ariel Rojas

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MANILA — Forty-six areas are forecast to reach danger level heat index of 42-45°C on Wednesday as hot and humid conditions continue to persist across the country, according to PAGASA.Butuan City; Camiling, Tarlac; and Echague, Isabela may hit 45°C.The other locations that may experience sweltering heat are as follows:<div> </div><div>44°C </div>Alabat, Quezon Cavite City Dumangas, Iloilo Iba, Zambales Panglao, Bohol Tanauan City Tuguegarao City<div> </div><div> 43°C </div>Borongan City Catbalogan City Coron, Palawan Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur Infanta, Quezon Juban, Sorsogon Mambusao, Capiz Science City of Muñoz Olongapo City Pili, Camarines Sur San Jose, Occidental Mindoro Surigao City Tacloban City Tarlac City Virac, Catanduanes<div> </div><div>42°C </div>Aborlan, Palawan Bacnotan, La Union Baler, Aurora Baybay City Casiguran, Aurora Catarman, Northern Samar Dagupan City Davao City Dipolog City Guinobatan, Albay Guiuan, Eastern Samar La Carlota City Lapu-Lapu City Legazpi City Mabalacat City Masbate City Pasay City Puerto Princesa City Roxas City San Ildefonso, Bulacan Siquijor, Siquijor<div> </div>Under danger level or between 42 and 51°C heat index, heat cramps and heat exhaustion are possible while prolonged exposure could lead to heat stroke.For the second consecutive day on Tuesday, the highest heat index reached 48°C, recorded in Butuan City.It is tied with the previous day’s heat index in Borongan City as the most humid so far this warm and dry season.On Monday afternoon, May 11, the mercury in Echague, Isabela soared to 40.4°C, breaking the previously recorded 40.0°C temperature in the same location on Sunday, as the hottest in the country so far this year, according to PAGASA.The hottest temperature ever recorded in the country remains 42.2°C, which was observed in Tuguegarao City on April 22, 1912 and May 11, 1969.The hot and humid conditions are perfect ingredients for the formation of localized or isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening.Thunderstorms could bring strong winds and heavy rains with lightning and thunder and may last for up to an hour in some parts of the country, especially Northern and Central Luzon and Mindanao.<div> </div><div>LPAS TO DISSIPATE</div>Meanwhile, PAGASA continues to monitor two weather disturbances inside and around the Philippine area of responsibility.Both are not expected to affect any part of the country.The LPA inside the PAR is the remnant of tropical depression Caloy, which weakened Monday evening.At 3 p.m. Tuesday, it was located 490 kilometers east of Catarman, Northern Samar.It may linger over the Philippine Sea without directly affecting the country.It is not expected to re-intensify and may eventually dissipate in the next five days.On the other hand, the LPA outside the PAR was last spotted 1,395 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao.It may dissipate near the PAR boundary in the next 24-48 hours.

Forty-six areas are forecast to reach danger level heat index of 42-45°C on Wednesday as hot and humid conditions continue to persist across the country, according to PAGASA.

Forty-six areas are forecast to reach danger level heat index of 42-45°C on Wednesday as hot and humid conditions continue to persist across the country, according to PAGASA.

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Almost 50 areas to reach danger-level heat index Wednesday

Ariel Rojas,

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Published May 12, 2026 10:13 PM PHT

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