Tropical Depression Crising weakens into a low pressure area, Pagasa reported on its 11 am severe weather bulletin, May 14.
“CRISING” weakened into a Low Pressure Area at 8:00 AM today. This LPA will continue moving westward or west northwestward and emerge over the Sulu Sea in the next 6 to 12 hours.
All Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals are hereby lifted.
At 10:00 AM today, the center of Low Pressure Area (formerly “CRISING”) was estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of Piagapo, Lanao del Sur.
Today, light to moderate with at times heavy rains may be experienced over Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao City, Davao del Sur, Cotabato, Maguindanao, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, and Misamis Occidental.
Under these conditions, isolated flash flooding and rain-induced landslides are possible during heavy or prolonged rainfall especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards as identified in hazard maps. Adjacent or nearby areas may also experience flooding in the absence of such rainfall occurrence due to surface runoff or swelling of river channels.
Crising weakens into a low pressure area
PAGASA Regional Services Divisions may issue local thunderstorm/rainfall advisories and heavy rainfall warnings while the Hydrometeorology Division and River Basin Flood Forecasting and Warning Centers may issue General Flood Advisories and Basin Flood Bulletins as appropriate.
Meanwhile, three people were rescued, along with their buffalo, who were swept away by the raging floods in the Kabacan River in President Roxas, Cotabato caused by the bad weather of typhoon Crising that ravaged Mindanao.
“Unang Balita” reported on Friday that the rushing water in the river caught three people and their buffalo who were crossing and was swept away by the current.
They were rescued when Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) personnel and some residents worked together to rescue them.
Meanwhile, an evacuation center in South Upi, Maguindanao was flooded.
According to the report, the flood hit the tents of the evacuees. The nearby river also overflowed so that their vegetable crops were submerged in the floodwaters.
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