(The Philippine Star) - July 20, 2018 -
MANILA, Philippines — The southwest monsoon, or habagat, will continue to bring rain over the western section of Luzon — including Metro Manila — as Tropical Storm Inday moves northwest, PAGASA said.
In its morning press briefing, the weather bureau said that Inday was 995 km east northeast of Basco, Batanes early Friday morning and is forecast to move northwest at 15 kph. It has maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of 105 kph.
The storm is not expected to make landfall and is forecast to be outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Saturday morning.
PAGASA said the storm will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon over most of Luzon.
As It Happens
LATEST UPDATE: July 20, 2018 - 11:31am
The low pressure area monitored east of northern Cagayan has developed into a tropical depression Wednesday morning, state weather bureau PAGASA says.
The tropical depression has been named Inday. This is the ninth tropical cyclone in 2018.
It packs maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 65 kilometers per hour. “Inday” comes a day after Tropical Storm Henry left the country.
No tropical cyclone warning signal has been raised over any part of the country.
July 20, 2018 - 11:31am
State weather bureau PAGASA says that “Inday” has intensified into a severe tropical storm Friday morning.
It packs maximum sustained winds of 90 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 115 kilometers per hour.
Moving northwestward, “Inday” is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility between tonight and tomorrow morning.
July 20, 2018 - 9:46am
Bad weather has led to some flights being cancelled while others have had to be diverted, the Manila International Airport Authority says.
In an advisory, it says the following flights scheduled to land at NAIA Terminal 3 had to be diverted to Clark International Airport:
- Cebu Pacific 5J 752 Saigon-Manila (ATA 0704H)
- Cebu Pacific 5J 679 Shanghai Pudong-Manila (ATA 0750H)
The following flights scheduled to take off from NAIA Terminal 4 have been cancelled:
- Air Asia Z2 438/439 Manila-Puerto Princesa-Manila
- Air Asia Z2 773/774 Manila-Cebu-Manila
July 20, 2018 - 7:55am
"Inday", last seen 995 km east northeast of Basco, Batanes early Friday morning, is forecast to move northwest at 15 kph. It has maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of 105 kph.
The storm is not expected to make landfall but will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon over most of Luz
