People try to deal with the heat as they travel in Navotas City on April 22, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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Ariel Rojas

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171772679098920240422-earth-environment-heat-index-JC-2-169.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">People try to deal with the heat as they travel in Navotas City on April 22, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA – The El Niño weather phenomenon has ended, but <span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(65, 65, 65);color:rgb(65, 65, 65)">its impact could continue in some parts of the country, </span>PAGASA said Friday.  </p><p>The state weather bureau made the announcement after conditions in the tropical part of the Pacific Ocean  returned to normal levels.</p><p>“Despite the ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation)-neutral condition and prevailing Southwest monsoon, the impacts of El Niño, such as warmer-than-usual surface temperature and below-normal rainfall, may still continue in some areas of the country,” the weather agency warned. </p><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It added that a transition to La Niña remained likely between July and September.</span></div><p>El Niño and La Niña are the warm and cold phases, respectively, of a naturally occurring climate pattern called El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).</p><p>ENSO is exhibited through changes in the wind strength and direction and sea surface temperatures of tropical Pacific Ocean with wide-ranging impacts on global climate.</p><p>In the Philippines, El Niño leads to less rains and storms while during La Niña, there are above-normal rains and more tropical cyclones forming near the country. </p><p>The El Nino had brought drought to swaths of the country.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/5/2/agri-damage-due-to-el-ni-o-hits-p5-9-billion-1458">Agri damage due to El Niño hits P5.9 billion</a><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/9/el-ni-o-weakens-but-47-provinces-may-still-experience-drought-1607">El Niño weakens but 47 provinces may still experience drought</a></span></div><p>Rising temperatures in recent months also forced tens of thousands of schools to suspend face-to-face classes, while increased demand stressed the country&#x27;s already strained power supply. </p><p>PAGASA announced the start of the rainy season on May 29. It forecasts <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/30/13-to-18-typhoons-to-enter-par-this-year-says-pagasa-1756">13 to 16 tropical cyclones</a> forming inside or entering the Philippine area of responsibility.</p><p>Aghon, the first storm of the year, crossed the central parts of the country from May 24 to 29, leaving in its wake 6 dead and more than <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/6/-aghon-storm-name-to-be-retired-after-leaving-behind-over-p1-b-damage-in-agri-infra-1526">P1 billion damage</a> in infrastructure and agriculture.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/6/5/global-warming-accelerating-at-unprecedented-pace-study-939" id="isPasted">Global warming accelerating at &#x27;unprecedented&#x27; pace: study</a></div><div><strong>– With a report from Agence France-Presse </strong></div><div><br/></div>

<p>PAGASA announced <i>Friday</i> the end of the El Niño weather phenomenon, but warned that its impact could still continue in some parts of the country.</p>

PAGASA announced Friday the end of the El Niño weather phenomenon, but warned that its impact could still continue in some parts of the country.

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