PAGASA issues orange rainfall warning for Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales

PAGASA maintained an orange rainfall warning for Pampanga, Bataan, and Zambales on Tuesday afternoon, with 15 to 30 millimeters of rainfall expected within the next two hours, indicating that flooding is threatening.

Metro Manila and six Luzon provinces, including Tarlac, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas, and Laguna, are under a yellow warning level, expecting 7.5 to 15 mm of rain within three hours, with flooding possible in flood-prone areas.

Light to moderate rain with occasional heavy rain is affecting Nueva Ecija and Quezon, and may persist for up to three hours.

PAGASA is monitoring three low-pressure areas, two of which are within the Philippine Area of Responsibility.

As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, an LPA located 1,140 km east of Central Luzon has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next four hours.

Another LPA located 225 kilometers east of southeast Basco, Batanes still has a medium chance of becoming a tropical depression in the next four hours.