La Niña alert up, rains expected starting Aug — Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Tuesday raised the La Niña alert as the weather phenomenon that is expected to bring rain would be felt starting in August and persist until first quarter of 2025.

Citing climate models and weather experts' judgements, Pagasa Administrator Nathaniel Servando said that there was a 70 percent chance that La Niña would be forming from August to October due to the further cooling of the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific (CEEP).