STILL INUNDATED. Portions of Araneta Avenue in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City remain submerged in waist-deep floods after a heavy downpour
on Thursday. Meanwhile, a teacher moves materials at the Doña Damiana De Leon Macam Memorial Elementary School in Calumpit, Bulacan , as rains triggered by the southwest monsoon kept pouring on most of Luzon on Friday. Joey Razon and Norman Cruz
Hanna became a typhoon while still inside the Philippine area of responsibility, the state weather bureau said, but it is expected to remain far from the Philippine landmass. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council on Friday said that one person was reported killed in Western Visayas during the onslaught of tropical cyclones Goring and Hanna.A total of 387,242 people or 106,677 families were affected by Goring and Hanna in Ilocos, Cagayan, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, and the Cordillera Administrative Region .
Damage to agriculture worth P395.25 million and to infrastructure worth P41.22 million were also reported. A total of 240 school classes and 94 work schedules were suspended because of the weather disturbance.The Manila International Airport Authority announced the cancellation of 23 international flights due to bad weather on Friday.
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