Thank goodness that tropical cyclone Onyok weakened to tropical depression Onyok then weakened again into a low pressure area after making landfall last night (Friday 18 December)

We experienced a tropical rainstorm all night long. Not the heaviest downpour I've experienced here but certainly the heaviest over a long period of time. A lot of water fell upon us for sure.
It stopped raining briefly for a couple of hours this morning, enabling me to secure at least part of my regular cycling routine, but is now coming down again is the more miserable cold prolonged light rain of UK style.

Definitely a whole lot colder today, but we have no heater.

I took a quick detour to the beach area and it appears we were lucky not to have suffered local beach front flooding.

Hopefully things will clear up nicely during the Christmas and New Year period as I've sent all my fishing kit onward to our holiday destination. Not that I've ever caught anything worth a mention from the shore. But my upcoming chance of some decent calm seas in the Davao Gulf will hopefully bring some great beach BBQ's with the freshest fish.