DA urges farmers, fishers to prepare as Obet intensifies ‘habagat’

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) urged farmers and fishers to take precautionary measures as Typhoon Obet enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). The weather system, while not expected to make landfall, is seen to intensify the southwest monsoon, or “habagat,” over parts of the country. In an advisory issued on Monday,