UPDATE #WALANGPASOK: July 9

SOME local government units (LGUs) announced the cancellation of classes in parts of Luzon on Monday because of the threat of floods from the heavy rain spawned by a typhoon that entered the Philippines earlier in the day.

The announcement comes as Typhoon “Maria,” categorized as a “super typhoon” by the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center, swept into the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and was renamed “Gardo,” packing 185-kilometer per hour winds (kph) that would enhance the southwest monsoon over Luzon and the Visayas.