RAINS ARE expected in many parts of Luzon, including the capital Metro Manila, on Friday due to tropical storm Ineng and the southwest monsoon, according to weather bureau PAGASA. “Moderate to heavy rains may be experienced over Batanes, Cagayan (including Babuyan Group of Islands), Ilocos Norte and Apayao. Light to moderate with intermittent heavy rains may prevail over Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Provinces, northern portions of Palawan (including Calamian and Cuyo Islands), and the rest of Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley,” PAGASA said. As of the 5 p.m. Thursday bulletin, tropical cyclone wind signal #1 was up over Batanes, Cagayan including Babuyan Group of Islands, Isabela, Apayao, Kalinga, northern Abra and Ilocos Norte. Ineng was still unlikely to make landfall in the country, but it is forecasted to further intensify into a sever tropical storm. As of 4:00 p.m. Thursday, the storm had maximum sustained winds of up to 75 kilometers per hour (km/h) near the center and gustiness of up to 90 km/h. Typhoon Ineng is expected to be out of the Philippine area by Sunday.

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