PAGASA is tracking Typhoon Domeng and a new low-pressure area enhancing the southwest monsoon, with heavier rain, flash floods, and landslides expected this week. Here is why an enhanced habagat hits harder, and how to check flood risk for your exact address before it does.
The rainy season that started just last week already has a push behind it. PAGASA has been tracking Typhoon Domeng and the chance of a fresh low-pressure area this week, both feeding the southwest monsoon, the habagat, and dumping rain over western parts of the country.
When a storm enhances the monsoon like this, the rain is not an ordinary afternoon shower. It can be heavier, fall faster, and last longer. That is exactly the kind of rain that finds the weak spots in a neighborhood.
A storm sitting offshore does not have to make landfall to cause trouble. It pulls a wide river of moisture into the monsoon, so places far from the storm's center still get soaked for days. The result is sudden, localized downpours that can trigger flash floods in low, flood-prone areas and landslides on slopes that are already saturated.
This is why the season's early storms are worth paying attention to. They are the first real test of which spots drain and which spots fill.
Two homes on the same street can come through the same storm completely differently. A small dip in elevation, an old creek that was filled in years ago, or being one block closer to a river decides who stays dry and who does not.
CheckHazard reads risk for the exact point, not the general area. It checks which flood zones the lot falls into and at what return period, so you can tell frequent nuisance flooding apart from the rare, deep kind. If that distinction is new to you, the flood layer brief explains what a "5-year" versus "100-year" flood really means. It also reads slope and landslide susceptibility, so a home that is safe from floodwater but exposed on a hillside does not slip through.
With more disturbances possibly forming in the coming days, this is the window to know your risk rather than discover it during the next downpour. Type the address into CheckHazard and you get flood, landslide, storm surge, and waterway proximity for that exact spot, for ₱99, in seconds. You learn which risks to watch this season and which questions to bring to a closer look.
CheckHazard is decision-support, not a replacement for a licensed geotechnical or engineering survey. Drainage, recent construction nearby, and the specific lot can all change real-world flooding in ways a map cannot fully capture. Use the reading to know what to check on the ground.