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Rains will continue to drench several parts of Luzon and the Visays as exiting tropical depression Gener and tropical storm Helen stir up the southwest monsoon. —Photo courtesy of Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — Some areas in the country announced suspension of classes for Wednesday, September 18 due to the rains brought by tropical depression Gener and the southwest monsoon (habagat).

READ: Tropical storm Pulasan enters PAR, now called Helen

Below is the list of areas where classes are suspended:

Luzon

• Manaoag, Pangasinan – all levels, public and private
• Mangaldan, Pangasinan – all levels, public and private
• Rosales, Pangasinan – all levels, public and private
• Atok, Benguet – preschool to senior high school, public and private
• Kapangan, Benguet – preschool to elementary, public and private
• Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro  – all levels, public and private
• Rizal, Occidental Mindoro  – all levels, public and private

Visayas

• San Jose de Buenavista, Antique – pre-school to senior high school, public and private
• Bacolod City, Negros Occidental – pre-elementary to senior high school, public and private
• Murcia, Negros Occidental – all levels, public
• Silay City, Negros Occidental – all levels, public and private
• Victorias City, Negros Occidental – all levels, public and private
• Bais City, Negros Oriental – all levels, public and private

Meanwhile, tropical depression Gener remains inside PAR as it moves westward over the West Philippine Sea at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour (km/h) as of 4 p.m.

Gener was last spotted 235 kilometers west northwest of Baguio City, packing maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h and gustiness of up to 70 km/h.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 is hoisted in the following areas:

• Ilocos Norte
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• Western portion of Pangasinan (Sual, Burgos, Dasol, Mabini, Infanta, Labrador, City of Alaminos, Bani, Bolinao, Anda, and Agno)