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MONSOON

A "monsoon" is a consistent

rain and wind pattern

generated by a large weather

system, that lasts for a period

of months and affects a large

area of the planet.

In the Philippines, the Summer

Monsoon (West or southwest

winds) is called the Habagat

and the Winter Monsoon (North

or northeast winds) is called

What is a Monsoon?

C H A RAC T E R I Z E D W I T H S L I G H T T O M O D E RAT E RA I N FA L L A N D A

P R E VA I L I N G C O L D W I N D T H AT A F F E C T S E A S T O F T H E

P H I L I P P I N E S.

C O O L A N D D RY N O RT H E A S T W I N D C O M I N G F R O M S I B E R I A A N D

C H I N A A N D B LO W S D O W N T O S O U T H E A S T A S I A.

H I G H P E A K S E A S O N I N T H E P H I L I P P I N E S I S D U R I N G T H E A M I H A N

S E A S O N S I N C E I T B R I N G S T H E B E S T W E AT H E R C O N D I T I O N S.

AMIHAN

OCTOBER TO LATE MARCH (OCCURRENCE MAY VARY

EVERY YEAR)

SUMMER MONSOON (HABAGAT) Most of the time during the summer, the land is warmer than the ocean. WINTER MONSOON (AMIHAN) Ocean is warmer than land.

A flood is an enormous amount of water. If the street is full of water, it's flooded. Too much of anything can also be called a flood. Whenever it rains and rains and rains, there's the danger of a flood, a type of disaster where water is out of control. Flood