MANILA, Philippines — Five areas in the country hit the danger level heat index, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said yesterday.
PAGASA said that Zamboanga City had the highest heat index at 44 degrees Celsius, based on the computed highest heat index.
San Jose town in Occidental Mindoro and Puerto Princesa City in Palawan followed at 43 degrees Celsius.
Catbalogan in Western Samar and Cuyo Island in Palawan registered a heat index of 42 degrees Celsius, PAGASA added.
Meanwhile, the easterlies will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms in Caraga and Davao Region.
Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms also due to the easterlies.