Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 stays raised in Batanes as Typhoon Betty continues to maneuver slowly over the ocean east of the province, PAGASA stated Tuesday night.
In its 11 p.m. bulletin, the state climate bureau stated the middle of the attention of the tropical cyclone was final seen 330 kilometers east of Itbayat, Batanes.
It is slowly heading northwestward and has most sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour (km/h) close to the middle and gustiness of as much as 160 km/h.
Under Signal No. 2, winds of higher than 62 km/h and as much as 88 km/h could also be anticipated in a minimum of 24 hours.
Signal No.1 is up within the following localities, the place winds of 39 to 61 km/h or intermittent rains could also be anticipated inside the subsequent 36 hours:
- Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands
- Northern and jap parts of Isabela (Santo Tomas, Santa Maria, Quezon, San Mariano, Dinapigue, Delfin Albano, San Pablo, Ilagan City, Benito Soliven, Tumauini, Cabagan, Palanan, Quirino, Divilacan, Gamu, Maconacon, Naguilian, Mallig)
- Eastern portion of Ilocos Norte (Piddig, Bangui, Vintar, Marcos, Pagudpud, Banna, Adams, Carasi, Dingras, Solsona, Dumalneg, Nueva Era)
- Apayao
- Northern portion of Kalinga (City of Tabuk, Balbalan, Pinukpuk, Rizal)
- Northeastern portion of Abra (Tineg, Lacub, Malibcong)
Heavy rainfall accumulating to 50 to 100 millimeters is predicted in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Abra, and the western portion of Benguet because of the storm.
PAGASA warned that “under these conditions, flooding and rain-induced landslides are possible, especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards as identified in hazard maps and in localities that experienced considerable amounts of rainfall for the past several days”.
The enhanced Southwest Monsoon will deliver occasional gusts over the Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Aurora, Quezon, the northern portion of mainland Palawan together with Calamian and Cuyo Islands, Mindoro Provinces, Romblon, and the remaining areas of Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region.
A marine gale warning likewise stays in impact over the seaboards of Northern Luzon, jap seaboards of Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, and Visayas.
Track
On the forecast observe, Betty is predicted to typically transfer slowly northward Tuesday night till Wednesday over the waters east of Batanes. earlier than it regularly accelerates north-northeastward on Thursday and northeastward or east-northeastward on Friday and Saturday.
The storm is forecast to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday night or Friday early morning, the place it would move very shut or make landfall within the neighborhood of the central Ryukyu Islands in Japan.
Betty can also be seen to steadily weaken over the subsequent 5 days as a result of cooler ocean waters and could also be downgraded right into a extreme tropical storm on Thursday and right into a tropical storm on Friday.
“However, given the extent of the effect of dry air intrusion on the typhoon, a faster weakening rate within the forecast period is not ruled out. Betty may begin its transition into a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday or Sunday, although this will occur outside the PAR region,” PAGASA stated.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
