MANILA, Philippines: The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) announced on Wednesday that it has decommissioned "Egay" and "Goring" from the regular set of names for tropical cyclones within the country's area of responsibility because of the extensive damage and number of people they have affected.

"We decided to decommission these two names of typhoons due to the magnitude and extent of reported casualties and damage to houses, agriculture and infrastructure they had brought to the country," Pagasa administrator Nathaniel Servando said.

Citing disaster statistics from the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), Egay and the enhanced southwest monsoon, locally known as "habagat," resulted in 30 deaths and damage to property amounting to P15.318-billion, Servando said.

Goring and habagat also caused two deaths and damage to infrastructure and agriculture estimated at P2.421-billion. In place of Goring and Egay, Servando said Pagasa will use "Emil" and "Gavino" beginning in 2027. Pagasa decommissions or "retires" a domestic tropical cyclone name if its occurrence results in the deaths of at least 300 individuals or damaged houses, agriculture, and infrastructure amounting to at least P1 billion based on official reports from the OCD.

Meanwhile, weather specialist Rhea Torres said the northeast monsoon or "amihan" continues to bring isolated or scattered light rains over Northern and Central Luzon.

She said it would be generally fair weather in most parts of the country, including Metro Manila, except for scattered heavy rains and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon or at night due to the same weather system, along with the localized thunderstorms.

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