How to interprete this ある もの?


The sentence in question: 中国の気象当局は、南部の雨は弱まりつつあるものの水が引くまでには時間がかかるとしています。

For full context:
<https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180902/k10011604941000.html?utm_int=news-
new_contents_latest_001>

My attempt at translation: "Chinas weather officials have judged about the
rain in the southern regions that, while it abates it will take time until the
water which is there draws back."

The part 弱まり つつ ある もの is the hardest for me. I'm not sure whether I parsed つつ
correctly, since it confuses me that it stands right in the middle of the
phrase while I interpreted it as a temporal conjunction. Also, the way I
interpreted あるものの水 was more out of despair because I didn't really know how
else to make sense of it xD




> 南部の雨は弱まりつつあるものの...

You're splitting it up in the wrong places.

つつある attaches to the masu-stem of a verb to indicate that the action is
continuing.

ものの is a particle that means 'although'.

Using this we get:

> Although the rain in the south is weakening....




> 南部の雨は弱まりつつあるものの...

You're splitting it up in the wrong places.

つつある attaches to the masu-stem of a verb to indicate that the action is
continuing.

ものの is a particle that means 'although'.

Using this we get:

> Although the rain in the south is weakening....

