Heavy rains affecting Colon Street, Cebu City (CONTRIBUTED BY BERNA CABARRUBIAS)
Heavy rains was experienced on Wednesday evening resulting to floods in Cebu City.
Jhomer Eclarino, weather specialist of the state weather bureau Pagasa, said the heavy rains brought by southwest monsoon were caused by Tropical Depression Julian.
“A thunderstorm advisory was issued at 7:04 p.m tonight for Metro Cebu that will last for two hours,” Eclarino told Cebu Daily News. As of press time, Pagasa’s Mactan office recorded 11.8 millimeters of rain since 7:23 p.m.
Eclarino said the weather may improve tomorrow as Julian is expected to leave the country by Friday this week.
As of 8 p.m. Wednesday, Julian was located at 305 kilometers east southeast of Basco, Batanes with 55 kilometers maximum sustained winds and 70 kilometers of gustiness.