LIST: Class suspensions on Thursday, July 9 as super typhoon looms

MANILA, Philippines — A number of local government units have suspended classes on Thursday, July 9 due to the expected effects of Super Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi).

Classes are suspended in the following areas:

Luzon

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San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan: all levels, public and private schools (face-to-face classes; shift to alternative delivery mode)

Culion, Palawan: all levels, public and private schools

READ: Inday maintains strength; 12 Northern Luzon areas under Signal No. 1

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Visayas

Murcia, Negros Occidental: all levels, public and private schools (face-to-face classes; shift to modular mode of learning)

Province of Negros Oriental: all levels, public and private schools

Bago City, Negros Occidental: kindergarten to senior high school

Himamaylan, Negros Occidental: all levels, public and private schools

San Carlos City, Negros Occidental (Barangays Rizal, Guadalupe, Punao, Palampas, Bagonbon, Nataban, Prosperidad, Buluangan, Codcod, Quezon, San Juan, Ermita ): all levels, public and private schools (face-to-face classes)

READ: Habagat bringing rains to parts of Visayas, Mindanao till Thursday

Mindanao

Province of Sultan Kudarat: all levels, public and private schools (face-to-face classes; may shift to alternative learning modes)

In its 5 p.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that at 4 p.m., Inday was tracked some 1,170 kilometers east of Northern Luzon, with a maximum wind speed of 195 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 240 kph.

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Pagasa weather specialist Benison Estareja, in a separate 5 p.m. weather forecast, said that the southwest monsoon or “habagat” is gradually enhancing rains over parts of the Visayas and Mindanao.

He noted that there is a high chance of rains in Western Visayas, Negros Island Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Bangsamoro region, Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos City), and nearby areas in Northern Mindanao from Wednesday evening to early Thursday morning.  /gsg

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