Weather: ITCZ caused Davao floods, PAGASA says
Severe rainfall brought by an intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) to mountainous areas surrounding Davao City caused heavy flooding in the area, the state weather bureau said Wednesday. Jori Loiz, weather forecaster from the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said heavy rain in these mountain areas may have resulted in the flashfloods in Davao City, since only “light to moderate" rainfall was recorded in the area on Tuesday night. “We can assume na hindi po mismo sa Davao City nagkaroon ng malakas na pag-ulan kundi sa mga environs nito. At kung ang mga pag-ulang ito ay sa mga kabundukan sa Davao, maaari pong ang lakas ng ulan ay bumaba na hong dire-diretso," he said in an interview aired over GMA News Online’s “On Call" on Wednesday. He added that the rain was not brought by a typhoon, but by an ITCZ, or an area of accumulated moisture near the equator that causes a series of thunderstorms.