PAGASA warns: Hotter days ahead in May

Amid the scorching heat, Marlon Canaway prepares different flavors of ‘sorbetes’ or dirty ice cream, to be sold in Mandaluyong City yesterday.MANILA, Philippines —

The onset of the wet season could be declared later than usual, or in the first or second week of June or later, due to the possibility of the development of La Niña.At least 20 areas are expected to reach dangerous heat index temperatures of 42 to 43 degrees Celsius today.More than 1.14 million Filipinos in nine regions have already been affected by El Niño while summer is not even halfway through, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development .

A standby fund, currently pegged at P164.5 million in Quick Response Fund, has been made available at the DSWD central office while another P78.49 million is available in field offices. In Central Luzon, the town of Capas, Tarlac had reported as early as February 2023 that the livelihood of farmers, predominantly from indigenous families, has been severely affected by El Niño.

A state of calamity was declared in Cebu City in Central Visayas and several LGUs in Sultan Kudarat and Northern Cotabato in Soccsksargen and Zamboanga City in Zamboanga peninsula.

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