Heavy Rains Expected in Philippines Until Sunday Due to Tropical Depression Crising

The combined effects of Tropical Depression Crising and the southwest monsoon (locally known as habagat) will bring heavy rainfall to many areas across the country until Sunday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Thursday night.

The agency said these areas will experience the following amounts of rainfall:

Thursday night, July 17 to Friday evening, July 18

More than 200 millimeters of rainfall
-Cagayan -Isabela

100 to 200 mm of rainfall
-Apayao -Kalinga -Quirino -Aurora -Quezon -Camarines Norte -Camarines Sur -Palawan -Occidental Mindoro -Iloilo -Guimaras -Antique -Negros Occidental

50 to 100 mm of rainfall
-Ilocos Norte -Ilocos Sur -La Union -Pangasinan -Abra -Mountain Province -Ifugao -Albay -Sorsogon -Masbate -Catanduanes -Northern Samar -Eastern Samar -Samar -Biliran -Metro Manila -Zambales -Bataan -Bulacan -Rizal -Cavite -Batangas -Laguna -Oriental Mindoro -Marinduque -Romblon -Aklan -Capiz -Negros Oriental -Siquijor -Cebu -Zamboanga del Norte -Lanao del Norte -Lanao del Sur

Friday evening, July 18 to Saturday evening, July 19

More than 200 mm of rainfall
-Apayao -Ilocos Norte

100 to 200 mm of rainfall
-Batanes -Cagayan -Kalinga -Mountain Province -Abra -Benguet -Ilocos Sur -La Union -Pangasinan -Zambales -Bataan -Cavite -Batangas -Occidental Mindoro -Antique

50 to 100 mm of rainfall
-Ifugao -Isabela -Nueva Vizcaya -Metro Manila -Tarlac -Pampanga -Nueva Ecija -Bulacan -Rizal -Quezon -Laguna -Palawan -Oriental Mindoro -Romblon -Marinduque -Aklan -Capiz -Iloilo -Guimaras -Negros Occidental -Negros Oriental

Saturday evening, July 19 to Sunday evening, July 20

100 to 200 mm of rainfall
-Zambales -Bataan -Occidental Mindoro

50 to 100 mm of rainfall
-Ilocos Norte -Ilocos Sur -Metro Manila -La Union -Pangasinan -Tarlac -Pampanga -Bulacan -Cavite -Batangas -Rizal -Laguna -Oriental Mindoro

READ: Crising forecast to intensify into tropical storm Friday morning

Crising was last spotted 460 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora, according to another Pagasa bulletin on Thursday night.

It was packing winds of up to 55 km per hour and gusts of up to 70 kph, while moving northwestward at 15 kph.

The tropical depression was projected to intensify into a tropical storm early Friday morning before possibly making landfall in either mainland Cagayan or Babuyan Islands on that afternoon or evening.