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<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/wLcrc60s3BI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>MANILA — Severe tropical storm Francisco is enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat and could start dumping rains over parts of the country on Sunday, PAGASA said. </p><p>At 4 a.m., Francisco was spotted 1,315 kilometers east of southeastern Luzon. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 100 kilometers per hour near the center and up to 125 kph gusts, the state weather bureau said. </p><p>“Dahil sa pinagsamang epekto ng trough or extension ng bagyong ito as well as yung pinapairal na southwest monsoon o habagat, makakaranas tayo ng maulap na kalangitan ang kalat-kalat na pag-ulan na pagkulog at pagkidlat sa malaking bahagi ng southern Luzon, Visayas at sa Mindanao,” PAGASA weather forecaster Dan Villamili said. </p><p>“Samantala, sa Metro Manila at nalalabing bahagi ng Luzon, magpapatuloy ang maaliwalas na panahon ngayong araw. Bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap na papawirin, pero and’yan pa rin yung tsansa ng mga biglaan at panandaliang pag-ulan dulot ng localized thunderstorm,” he told DZMM. </p><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/17819999374061781999935697.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>PAGASA</em></span></span></span></div><p>Moving west-northwestward, Francisco is unlikely to make landfall in the country but could approach Luzon’s northern tip by Tuesday or Wednesday, Villamil said. </p><p>“In the coming days…posible po tayong magkaroon ng wind signal over some portions ng Cagayan Valley,” he added. </p><p>PAGASA said Francisco would “continue to intensify and may reach typhoon category today.” </p><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div>

<p>Severe tropical storm Francisco is enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat and could start dumping rains over parts of the country on Sunday, PAGASA said.</p>

Severe tropical storm Francisco is enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat and could start dumping rains over parts of the country on Sunday, PAGASA said.

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Severe tropical storm Francisco, habagat to bring scattered rains

Jamaine Punzalan

Published June 21, 2026 08:13 AM PHT

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Updated June 21, 2026 08:53 AM PHT

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