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habagat

Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on habagat.

  1. DESAPARECIDOS People walk past a marker honoring victims of martial law, including those who had disappeared, on Sunday, during the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.

    Unsung heroes answer disaster calls

    As National Heroes Day is observed, police, soldiers, Coast Guard crews, firefighters, disaster workers and volunteers continue risking their lives to rescue…

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  3. Floodwaters cover a road at the corner of Taft Avenue and UN Avenue in Manila on 29 August 2026, as heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon, or habagat, inundated parts of the capital. PAGASA issued a Red Rainfall Warning for Metro Manila, warning of serious flooding in low-lying and flood-prone areas.

    400 areas still flooded — OCD

    OCD reports 429 flooded areas across four regions, with thousands of houses damaged and roads and bridges remaining impassable due to Habagat rains.

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  4. GETTING through With an umbrella overhead and floodwaters at his feet, a commuter makes his way toward the MRT along Taft Avenue in Manila on 29 August as heavy habagat rains inundate parts of the capital. The tangled wires and concrete infrastructure overhead frame a familiar Manila scene, one in which getting from one place to another can become a test of endurance when the rain comes.

    Flood crisis paralyzes NCR, Central Luzon

    Heavy rains flood Metro Manila and Luzon, affecting millions, killing at least 32 people and causing billions in damage as PAGASA warns of more rain.

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  5. A portion of the Aquino Bridge in Tarlac City collapsed around midnight on 29 August after strong currents from the Aquino River, fueled by continuous rain from the southwest monsoon (habagat), battered the structure. The Tarlac City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office advised motorists to avoid the bridge and take alternative routes.

    Aquino Bridge gives way

    A portion of Tarlac City’s Ninoy Aquino Bridge collapsed amid heavy habagat rains and strong river currents, prompting authorities to close the bridge and…

    2 MIN READ

  9. DARK clouds gather over Metro Manila on Wednesday. Weather bureau PAGASA placed the capital region under the significant risk category for Thursday and Friday due to heavy rainfall from the southwest monsoon, intensified by tropical cyclone ‘Obet’ across parts of Luzon.

    Storms, habagat death toll rises to 31

    Southwest monsoon and recent tropical cyclones leave 31 dead, 19 injured and three missing, affecting 7.7 million people and causing billions in damage.

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  10. Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)

    Waiting means caring; wait what?!

    Resilience? Yes, perhaps. That has always been our Filipino term of endearment for this longstanding problem. We’re all so sweet we cannot call it what it…

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  13. A MERALCO volunteer hands a relief pack to a resident of a flooded community.

    Meralco volunteers bring relief goods

    One Meralco Foundation delivered relief packs to about 2,500 families affected by monsoon flooding in Bulacan, Cavite and Rizal, bringing food and essential…

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  15. Bulacan placed under state of calamity

    Bulacan placed under state of calamity

    Bulacan has been placed under a state of calamity after enhanced habagat and tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay caused widespread flooding, affecting over…

    2 MIN READ