Habagat persists across PH as Mindanao braces for extreme heat

Across the Philippine archipelago, the southwest monsoon known as the Habagat is distributing its burdens unevenly — drenching the north while the south bakes under a heat index that can reach 42 degrees Celsius. The state weather bureau Pagasa watches not only what is already here, but what is coming: Typhoon Saudel, tracking westward across the Pacific, may enter Philippine waters by Monday and amplify the monsoon's force in ways that transform manageable rainfall into something far more consequential. In a country shaped by water and wind, the next 72 hours are a reminder that the season's