Manila, April 26 -- Twenty-nine areas in the country will experience sweltering temperatures due to danger-level heat indices while the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will continue to bring rains across Mindanao, the weather bureau said Saturday.

Heat index is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity combines with air.

A peak heat index of 45C is forecast in Munoz, Nueva Ecija, according to the 5.am. bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

The following areas will also see danger-level heat indices: Laoag, Ilocos Norte - 42C Dagupan City, Pangasinan - 43C Batac, Ilocos Norte - 42C Bacnotan, La Union - 43C Aparri, Cagayan - 42C Tuguegar...