MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Due to a tropical storm, several local government units announced the postponement of classes, saying “walang pasok.”

Cities declared class suspensions since there will be an enhanced southwest monsoon and Typhoon Goring. 

Governments have announced “walang pasok” on August 29, 2023, due to the weather.

Typhoon Goring and an enhanced southwest monsoon triggered heavy rain, which led to flooding in some areas. In the following 36 hours, PAGASA predicts Goring will move north or northwest, and on Wednesday afternoon, it will move west-northwest. Given the weather, a number of communities declared a suspension of classes.

The southwest monsoon, or Habagat, is intensifying, according to a bulletin from the government weather agency, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). For the following three days, this is predicted to bring rain to Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, and the Visayas.

Typhoon Goring is expected to pass close to Batanes and could make landfall in the province, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

In Aurora, Bataan, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Visayas, Dinagat Islands, Camiguin, and the majority of Zamboanga Peninsula, gusty weather is possible due to the intensified southwest monsoon.

These are the areas on walang pasok bukas for August 29, 2023:

Areas with walang pasok announcements in LUZON.

• Cagayan ValleyCagayan – all levels (public and private)
•  CalabarzonBatangas provinceLian – all levels (public and private)
• MimaropaOccidental Mindoro
• Calintaan – all levels (public and private)
•  Magsaysay – all levels (public and private)
•  Mamburao – all levels (public and private)
•  Rizal – all levels (public and private)
•  San Jose – all levels (public and private)
•  Santa Cruz – all levels (public and private)

Areas with walang pasok announcement in VISAYAS:

• Western Visayas,Negros Occidental, Bago City – all levels (public and private)
•  Talisay City – all levels (public and private)
•  Rizal Town – all levels (public and private)
•  Bago City – all levels (public and private)
•  Bacolod City – all levels (public and private)
•  AntiqueBarbaza (classes in all levels)
•  Laua-an (elementary to senior high school)
•  Tobias Fornier (classes in all levels)
•  Belison (classes in all levels)
•  Libertad (pre-school to senior high school)
•  Patnongon (classes in all levels)
•  Hamtic (classes in all levels)
•  Valderrama (classes in all levels)
•  Culasi (primary to junior high school)
•  Sibalom (pre-school to senior high school)
•  San Jose (pre-school to senior high school)
•  Pandan (classes in all levels)

– WhatALife!/Zain

Source: (1), (2)

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