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‘Amang‘ weakens into LPA, induces rain in south

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Tropical Depression Amang has weakened into a low pressure area but will continue to bring rain over parts of the country on Tuesday.

In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the LPA was last spotted 195 kilometers east northeast of Virac, Catanduanes.

Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, and the provinces of Camiguin, Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of the LPA.

Meanwhile, Cagayan Valley, Aurora, Quezon, Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and the Visayas will have cloudy skies with light rains caused by the northeast monsoon.

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Fisherfolk and small seacraft are advised not to venture out the seaboards of Northern Luzon and eastern sections of Central Luzon, Southern Luzon and Visayas due to the surge of northeast monsoon.

The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers due to localized thunderstorms.

Temperature in Metro Manila ranges from 23-30 degrees Celsius; Tuguegarao City, 21-29 degrees Celsius; Baguio City, 13-24 degrees Celsius; Angeles City, 23-31 degrees Celsius; Lipa City, 23-29 degrees Celsius; Metro Cebu, 24-31 degrees Celsius; Metro Davao, 25-31 degrees Celsius.

Meanwhile, the inclement weather has affected 1,158 families or around 4,639 persons in the Caraga Region, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council announced in its update 6 a.m. Tuesday.

The update, which was released and signed by NDRRMC executive director Ricardo Jalad, revealed that 682 families or 2,711 individuals are being served in 23 evacuation centers.

Inclement weather caused by the LPA also affected 242 cities and municipalities in Bicol, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Caraga.

The NDRRMC also reported that 3,047 passengers, 391 rolling cargoes, 27 vessels and nine motorbancas were stranded in ports in Central Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Eastern and Southern Visayas.

To date, 5,256 families or 21, 006 persons were preemptively evacuated in the provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, Masbate, Sorsogon, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Southern Leyte, Biliran, Compostela Valley, Agusan Del Norte, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. 

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