The rain caused widespread flooding across several parts of the metro.
On Monday, August 17, Metro Manila woke up to gloomy weather as the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) unleashed moderate to heavy rains from the early hours of the morning.
The said rains prompted the cancellation or the shift of classes to alternative learning modalities, as well as the early dismissal in government offices.
However, many who had already gone to work or school or had to proceed to their respective appointments during the day experienced inconvenience as floods of varying heights—above six feet in some areas, even—caused disruption.
Meanwhile, in a report by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), which was shared by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), between the hours of 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, its monitoring station at Science Garden in Quezon City recorded 201.7 mm of rain.
Within that period, the two-hour stretch from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm, the agency logged 138 mm of rain.
It was noted that the amount of rainfall was almost half of the total rainfall recorded during Tropical Storm Ondoy (Ketsana) on September 26, 2009, when widespread floods also happened around the region after the cyclone dumped 455 mm within 24 hours.
According to the MMDA, they readily assisted affected motorists and residents, with their Flood Control team also deployed to flooded areas to remove debris trapped in drainage system to allow floods to quickly subside.
Meanwhile, in a forecast issued by PAGASA as of 8:00 pm on August 17, a Low Pressure Area (LPA 08f) being monitored inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has a “medium” chance of developing into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours.
