Typhoon Kiyapo has left Philippine waters, but its departure marks a transition rather than a reprieve — the southwest monsoon, energized by the storm's lingering moisture, continues to press down on Luzon and Western Visayas with rain, wind, and dangerous seas. The typhoon made brief landfall near Cagayan on Friday before moving northwest toward China, where it is expected to arrive with sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour. What remains is not the storm itself but the seasonal pattern it has stirred — a reminder that in the archipelago, the end of one weather threat often reveals anoth