HEADS UP: What We Know About Tropical Depression Emong (July 5)

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, July 5:

TROPICAL DEPRESSION EMONG

• The low pressure area east of the Philippines intensifiedinto Tropical Depression Emong, the fifth storm of 2021, and threatens extreme Northern Luzon.
• Apart from Emong, PAGASA is monitoring another low pressure area off Oriental Mindoro which could also intensify into a tropical cyclone.

TAAL VOLCANO WATCH

• Taal Volcano continues to release high levels of volcanic sulfur dioxide gas and steam-rich plumes as it remains under Alert Level 3.
• By Sunday afternoon, Phivolcs said Taal emitted an “anomalously high” level of volcanic sulfur dioxide gas as the agency advised nearby communities to take precautions.
• Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate after Taal spewed boiling water and magma last week.
• Although volcanoes are hard to predict, their behavior follows a certain pattern, take Taal for example, as a geologist explains.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

• The Marikina and Antipolo stations of the LRT-2 open today. Here’s what you need to know before riding the train from these platforms.
• The IATF has finalized the protocols for fully vaccinated persons traveling in areas with the same or different quarantine classifications.
• Valid IDs are essential to making transactions whether with the government or private establishments. Here’s how to apply for one.
• IKEA Philippines is launching a membership program before it opens later this year. Here’s how to sign up.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• At least 29 people were killed and 50 others were wounded after a C-130 plane of the Philippine Air Force crashed in Sulu.
• As his word war with the President heats up, Sen. Manny Pacquiao alleged corruption in the government's distribution of COVID-19 cash aid via mobile wallets.
• Pacquiao was on his way to Los Angeles for his fight with Errol Spence when his flight made an emergency landing and eventually returned to Manila following a medical emergency involving one passenger.
• American manufacturer Johnson and Johnson says its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the highly contagious Delta variant.
• After a video of a nurse failing to properly administer a vaccine made rounds on social media, the Department of Health assured the public that they can check the COVID-19 vaccine syringe before and after the jab.
• Instagram is set to introduce changes in its platform that would make it more like Tiktok.