Serious flooding may hit low-lying areas of Eastern Visayas afternoon as state meteorologists warned of severe rainfall due to the trough of a LPA off Mindanao and the ITCZ. | charieabarcaINQ
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration issued at 2 p.m. a color-coded rainfall advisory in Visayas, and placed areas such as Eastern Samar, Samar, and Biliran under “red” warning.“Red [warning] means community response. Severe flooding is expected and dwellers living in low-lying areas and near river channels should take precautionary measures,” Pagasa weather specialist Munir Baldomero explained in a phone interview with INQUIRER.net.
Baldomero said areas under red warning may experience torrential rain or at least 30 millimeters of rainfall per hour.
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