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Commuters brave strong winds and heavy rain in Cubao, Quezon City, as Super Typhoon Nando enhanced the southwest monsoon on September 22, 2025. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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STY NANDO- HABAGAT

Ariel Rojas

ABS-CBN News

<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/177966753919320250922-sty-nando-cubao-rainfall-JC2387.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Commuters brave strong winds and heavy rain in Cubao, Quezon City, as Super Typhoon Nando enhanced the southwest monsoon on September 22, 2025<em>. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — A low pressure area east of Mindanao may develop into a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours, according to PAGASA Monday.</p><p>It may enter the Philippine area of responsibility by Friday or Saturday and will be assigned the local name Domeng – the country’s fourth storm this year.</p><p>The weather disturbance may reach severe tropical storm category or higher.</p><p>It will remain far from the Philippine landmass while inside the PAR but may trigger the onset of the southwest monsoon or Habagat by next week.</p><p>As of 3 a.m. Monday, the LPA was located 1,515 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao.</p><p>The trough or extension of the LPA will bring cloudy skies and scattered rains over Palawan and Mindanao.</p><p>PAGASA warned of possible flash flooding and landslides during occasions of heavy or prolonged rainfall.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>HEAT INDEX</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>Meanwhile, warm and humid conditions will prevail over the rest of the country, with 44 areas forecast to experience danger level heat index this Monday.</p><p>In Dagupan City, the heat index could hit 47°C while Aparri, Cagayan; Science City of Muñoz; and Tuguegarao City may reach 46°C.</p><p>Sweltering heat are also expected in these other locations:</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>45°C</strong></div><p>Baler, Aurora</p><p>Casiguran, Aurora</p><p>Cavite City</p><p>Echague, Isabela</p><p>Olongapo City</p><p>Puerto Princesa City</p><p>San Jose, Occidental Mindoro</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>44°C</strong></div><p>Alabat, Quezon</p><p>Bacnotan, La Union</p><p>Borongan City</p><p>Camiling, Tarlac</p><p>Catarman, Northern Samar</p><p>Iba, Zambales</p><p>Iloilo City</p><p>Pili, Camarines Sur</p><p>Roxas City</p><p>San Ildefonso, Bulacan</p><p>Tanauan City</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>43°C</strong></div><p>Batac City</p><p>Catbalogan City</p><p>Dipolog City</p><p>Dumangas, Iloilo</p><p>Laoag City</p><p>Legazpi City</p><p>Mambusao, Capiz</p><p>Pasay City</p><p>Romblon, Romblon</p><p>Sinait, Ilocos Sur</p><p>Tarlac City</p><p>Virac, Catanduanes</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>42°C</strong></div><p>Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya</p><p>Calapan City</p><p>Calayan, Cagayan</p><p>Coron, Palawan</p><p>Cuyo, Palawan</p><p>Daet, Camarines Norte</p><p>Infanta, Quezon</p><p>Masbate City</p><p>Mulanay, Quezon</p><p>Zamboanga City</p><div><br/></div><p>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.</p><p>Apart from humid conditions, afternoon or evening thunderstorms may also be expected in Ilocos Region, Cordillera, Mindoro, Panay, and Negros.</p><p>The warm and dry season continues to prevail in the Philippines, with the hottest temperature thus far of 40.8°C being recorded late in the season on May 23 in Tuguegarao City.</p><p>The city also hit 40.0°C on Sunday, May 24.</p><p>Tuguegarao holds the record for the highest temperature in the country at 42.2°C, measured on April 22, 1912 and May 11, 1969.</p><p>PAGASA said the western part of the country usually enters the rainy season between May 27 and June 5.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><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><br/></div>

<p>It may enter the Philippine area of responsibility by Friday or Saturday and will be assigned the local name Domeng – the country’s fourth storm this year.</p>

It may enter the Philippine area of responsibility by Friday or Saturday and will be assigned the local name Domeng – the country’s fourth storm this year.

LPA east of Mindanao to develop into tropical cyclone midweek, enter PAR by weekend

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LPA east of Mindanao to develop into tropical cyclone midweek, enter PAR by weekend

Ariel Rojas,

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Published May 25, 2026 08:09 AM PHT

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