Heavy rain slows down traffic in Metro Manila on Thursday

Traffic on the many roads came to a standstill on Thursday evening as strong rains prevailed over Metro Manila.

Raffy Tima's photo on Twitter showed long lines of cars along the EDSA Ayala Tunnel northbound while traffic crawled at a "snail's pace."

Sa mga nagbabalak dumaan sa mga nakasanayang shortcut ngayong matindi ang traffic, magtiis na lang sa mga main hi-way, marami pang saradong maliliit na kalye. #StayAtHome pic.twitter.com/NoUvB3x4X8

— Raffy Tima (@raffytima) June 11, 2020

Another tweet by the Valenzuela City Government showed heavy traffic along the Mac-Arthur Highway SB corner PioVal to Tullahan as of 7 p.m.

TRAFFIC UPDATE: As of 7PM Along Mac Arthur Highway SB cor PioVal to Tullahan MODERATE (9F20) #VCC3 pic.twitter.com/KvNz56wwdQ

— valenzuelacity (@valenzuelacity) June 11, 2020

Earlier, traffic was also heavy along EDSA-Cubao as of 5:25 p.m., according to a tweet by Glen Juego.

Heavy rains plus heavy traffic along EDSA-Cubao as of 5:25pm. @dzbb pic.twitter.com/j2ksaUGC2D

— Glen Juego (@glenjuego) June 11, 2020

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 1 has been raised over Metro Manila and several areas due to Tropical Depression Butchoy, the second storm to hit the country in 2020. -Joahna Lei Casilao/NB, GMA News