The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PASAGA) confirmed that there were no reports of super storms forming in the Philippines as of July 26, 2024.
PAGASA's latest weather forecast on July 26 said that the possibility of the low pressure area discovered 1,035 km southeast of Mindanao developing into a tropical storm is very low.
Previously, according to Rappler, a video on YouTube on July 26 said that a new tropical storm had developed into a super storm and would pass through Luzon, Philippines.
The above video has attracted 45,114 views. The video was posted by a YouTube channel called "Bagong Pilipinas TV" with 48,700 subscribers.
The title of the video reads: "Bagong Bagyo, magical super storm! Dadaan sa Luzon” (New tropical storm, will be a super storm! Passing over Luzon).
Based on the latest 24-hour public weather forecast issued by PAGASA, there are currently no tropical storms or super typhoons in the Philippine storm forecast area (PAR) as of now.
PASAGA's weather forecast at 4:00 p.m. local time on July 26 said that the new low pressure center is at about 7.5 degrees north latitude, 133.8 degrees east longitude, 900 km east of southeastern Mindanao. . The southwest monsoon will continue to affect Luzon and Visayas.
PAGASA weather expert Daniel James E. Villamil also reported in the weather forecast the same morning that the depression is unlikely to become a storm in the next 24 to 48 hours.
On July 26, the Ilocos, Babuyan and Batanes Islands regions had monsoon rains, while Batanes, Zambales, Pampanga and Benguet had scattered rains due to the southwest monsoon.
Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will be cloudy with scattered rain and thunderstorms.
Visayas and Mindanao will be cloudy with scattered showers or thunderstorms.
The latest super storm to affect the Philippines without making landfall is super typhoon Gaemi (local name Carina).
Typhoon No. 3 Gaemi strengthened into a super storm on July 24, leaving the Philippine forecast area on the morning of July 25. Storm No. 3 in the 2024 Pacific storm season made landfall in Tu Tu district, Putian, Fujian province, eastern China, at around 7:50 p.m. on July 25 local time.
Previously, Gaemi made landfall for the first time around midnight on July 25 in Yilan district, eastern Taiwan (China), killing 5 people and injuring 531 people.
PASAGA noted that the audio of the fake video was taken from PAGASA's weather report about storm Gaemi at 5:00 p.m. on July 25. In that report, storm Gaemi was seen 550 km northwest of Itbayat, Batanes, with winds of 120 km/h, gusts of 180 km/h.
According to PASAGA's storm forecast at 4 a.m. on July 26, Gaemi is 615 km northwest of Itbayat, with winds of 95 km/h and gusts of 160 km/h.
