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Residents assess damaged houses and other structures on Tuesday, a day after Typhoon Julian battered Basco, Batanes. Courtesy of Justine Mark Fajardo

Residents assess damaged houses and other structures on Tuesday, a day after Typhoon Julian battered Basco, Batanes.

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Typhoon Julian

Ariel Rojas

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172777084219020241001-ty-julian-aftermath-batanes-JB6.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Residents assess damaged houses and other structures on Tuesday, a day after Typhoon Julian battered Basco, Batanes. Courtesy of Justine Mark Fajardo"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Residents assess damaged houses and other structures on Tuesday, a day after Typhoon Julian battered Basco, Batanes. <em>Courtesy of Justine Mark Fajardo</em></span></span></span>MANILA -- Apart from very destructive winds, Julian also battered Northern Luzon with torrential rains even before intensifying into a super typhoon early Tuesday.</div><p>Between 8 a.m. of September 30 and 8 a.m. of October 1, the PAGASA station in Basco, Batanes recorded 727.8 millimeters of rainfall -- more than two month&#x27;s rain in the area for September.</p><p>This rainfall amount breaks the previous record of the wettest day in Basco, with 616.4 mm of rain dumped by Typhoon Trining on October 27, 1991.</p><p>Moreover, in just an hour, between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., 405.5 mm of rain was measured  -- more than the recorded 341-mm rain in 6 hours in Quezon City during Ondoy in 2009.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/9/29/typhoon-julian-intensifies-batanes-place-under-tcws-4-2254">PHOTO: Typhoon Julian intensifies, Batanes place under TCWS 4</a></div><p><span></span>Uyugan town in Batanes experienced flooding due to the swelling of a creek in the area.</p><p>Laoag City, on the othe hand, received 481.6 mm of rain in 24 hours, more than a month&#x27;s worth of rain in the city during September.</p><p>Other PAGASA stations which recorded significant rainfall are Calayan, Cagayan with 201.5 mm and Baguio City with 120.0 mm.</p><p>Julian formed from a low pressure area east of Batanes in the early hours of September 27, Thursday. It continuously intensified up to typhoon strength.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/9/29/signal-no-4-up-in-batanes-as-julian-intensifies-2109">Signal No. 4 up in Batanes as Julian intensifies</a></div><p><span></span>While it did not make landfall while slowly crossing Extreme Northern Luzon, its eyewall battered Batanes and northern Babuyan with very violent winds all day on Monday.</p><p>Over 77,000 individuals were affected by the strong typhoon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported on Tuesday.</p><p>The social welfare department meanwhile reports around 99,000 persons affected across Regions 1 and 2 and the Cordillera Administrative Region.</p><p>Julian intensified further as super typhoon outside of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), where it will recurve then re-enter the PAR prior to making landfall over southwestern Taiwan on Wednesday.</p><p>It is forecast to finally exit the PAR on Thursday.</p><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/Kh17xkA5Uts?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Between 8 a.m. of September 30 and 8 a.m. of October 1, the PAGASA station in Basco, Batanes recorded 727.8 millimeters of rainfall -- more than two month's rain in the area for September.</p>

Between 8 a.m. of September 30 and 8 a.m. of October 1, the PAGASA station in Basco, Batanes recorded 727.8 millimeters of rainfall -- more than two month's rain in the area for September.

Wettest day in Batanes: Julian dumps more than two month’s rain in 24 hours

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Wettest day in Batanes: Julian dumps more than two month’s rain in 24 hours

Ariel Rojas,

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Published October 01, 2024 04:21 PM PHT

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Updated October 01, 2024 05:10 PM PHT

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