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The Southwest Monsoon or Habagat will affect the western section of Luzon on Thursday, bringing cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Three weather systems will affect the country in the next 24 hours, the state weather bureau PAGASA said Wednesday.

The state weather bureau PAGASA on Wednesday declared the start of the rainy season in the country.

Typhoon Aghon has officially exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility, according to PAGASA on Wednesday.

Easterlies and frontal system may bring thunderstorms and rainshowers in different parts of the country on Tuesday, state weather bureau PAGASA said.

Heat index in 40 areas in the country may reach “danger level” on Tuesday, according to state weather bureau PAGASA.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday it would release a new AI model called GPT-4o, which reasons across voice, text and vision.

Metro Manila, Tarlac, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Laguna and Quezon may expect moderate to heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds in the next two to three hours, PAGASA said.

Metro Manila and seven nearby provinces are expected to experience moderate to heavy rainshowers on Monday afternoon.

PAGASA on Monday said the country is now in the "weak El Niño" stage, and the weather phenomenon may end by June.

Thirty-six areas may experience heat index in the "danger" category on Monday, PAGASA said in its forecast.

The easterlies are still affecting the country on Monday and will bring clouds and rain showers, according to PAGASA's weather forecast.

The Easterlies would bring cloudy conditions with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over the Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN, BARMM, Zamboanga City, and Zamboanga Sibugay.

The easterlies are affecting the country on Sunday and will bring clouds and rain showers, PAGASA said in its weather forecast.

Thirty-one areas will experience a heat index categorized under the danger level on Sunday, state weather bureau PAGASA said.

The easterlies will bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms across the Philippines, PAGASA said in its weather forecast released on Saturday afternoon.   

A shear line affecting the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon and the easterlies affecting the rest of the country will bring rain showers on Saturday, PAGASA said.

State weather bureau PAGASA said 27 areas would have a heat index in the danger level on Saturday.

The shear line and easterlies may bring cloudy skies and rain showers to several parts of the country, PAGASA said.

The heat index in 30 areas in the country may hit the "danger" level on Monday, according to state weather bureau PAGASA.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms on Monday, PAGASA said.

The rainy season could possibly be delayed by El Niño, according to PAGASA in a Super Balita sa Tanghali report on dzBB on Sunday morning.

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms on Sunday, PAGASA said in its weather forecast.

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State weather bureau PAGASA said that the heat index could reach the "danger'' level in 16 locations on Sunday. 

Most parts of the country will see cloudy skies and isolated rain showers in the next 24 hours, according to the state weather bureau PAGASA on Saturday.   

The heat index in Metro Manila will be at 42°C level as easterlies continue to bring cloudy skies with scattered rains over parts of the country on Saturday, PAGASA reported.

WENCHANG, China - China on Friday launched an uncrewed spacecraft on a nearly two-month mission to retrieve rocks and soil from the far side of the moon, the first country to make such an ambitious attempt.  

The heat index may hit danger level in 30 areas on Saturday, the state weather bureau PAGASA said.

The easterlies and localized thunderstorms continue to affect the country, according to the state weather bureau PAGASA on Friday.

Teams from various universities in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Friday took part in the annual Hack4Gov competition of the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

The Heat Index in Metro Manila is at "extreme caution" level as easterlies is forecasted to continue to bring cloudy skies with isolated rains over parts the country on Friday, PAGASA reported.

Researchers said Rakus chewed the plant's leaves to produce a liquid that he smeared on the wound. "His behavior appeared to be intentional," they said. The wound closed within five days.

Thirty areas in the country will have a heat index within the danger level on Friday, May 3, the state weather bureau PAGASA said Thursday.

The ridge of the High Pressure Area (HPA) will be extending over the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon on Tuesday, PAGASA reported.

Japan's royal family is now on Instagram -- but don't expect any candid selfies from its official account, which went live Monday in a cautious social media debut for the ancient monarchy.

The high-pressure area (HPA) ridge extending over the eastern sections of Northern and Central Luzon made rain unlikely over the country, PAGASA said Monday.