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Bising maintains strength; Signal No. 2 still up over 7 areas


Typhoon Bising maintained its strength while moving slowly north-northwestward east of Camarines Norte, PAGASA said Monday afternoon.

In its 5 p.m. severe weather bulletin, PAGASA said the center of the eye of Bising was located at 500 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon with maximum sustained winds of 195 km per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 240 kph. It is moving north northwestward slowly.

PAGASA said Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 is still raised over the following areas:

Luzon

  • Catanduanes
  • the eastern portion of Camarines Sur (Siruma, Tinambac, Lagonoy, Garchitorena, Caramoan, Goa, Tigaon, San Jose, Presentacion, Sagnay, Buhi)
  • the eastern portion of Albay (Tiwi, Malinao, Tabaco City, Malilipot, Santo Domingo, Bacacay, Rapu-Rapu, Legazpi City, Manito)
  • the eastern and central portions of Sorsogon (Castilla, Sorsogon City, Prieto Diaz, Gubat, Barcelona, Casiguran, Juban, Magallanes, Bulan, Bulusan, Irosin, Santa Magdalena, Matnog)
  • Visayas

Northern Samar

  • the northern portion of Samar (Santo Nino, Almagro, Tagapul-An, Calbayog City, Santa Margarita, Gandara, Matuguinao, San Jose de Buan, San Jorge, Tarangnan, Pagsanghan, Catbalogan City, Paranas, Jiabong, Motiong, Hinabangan, San Sebastian)
  • the northern portion of Eastern Samar (San Julian, Sulat, Taft, CanAvid, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, San Policarpo, Arteche, Jipapad)

Meanwhile, TCWS No. 1 is up over the following:

Luzon

  • The eastern portion of Cagayan (Lal-Lo, Gattaran, Alcala, Baggao, Amulung, Solana, Iguig, Tuguegarao City, Enrile, Peñablanca, Camalaniugan, Aparri, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Gonzaga, Santa Ana)
  • Isabela
  • Quirino
  • the northern and central portions of Aurora (Baler, Dipaculao, Dinalungan, Casiguran, Dilasag)
  • the eastern portion of Quezon (Calauag, Guinayangan, Tagkawayan, Buenavista, San Narciso, San Andres) including Polillo Islands
  • Camarines Norte
  • the rest of Camarines Sur
  • the rest of Albay
  • the rest of Sorsogon
  • Masbate including Burias and Ticao Islands

Visayas

  • the rest of Samar
  • the rest of Eastern Samar
  • Biliran
  • Leyte
  • the northern portion of Cebu (Tabogon, Borbon, San Remigio, Bogo City, Medellin, Daanbantayan) including Bantayan
  • Camotes Islands

PAGASA said Bising will move generally northward or north northwestward until Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. Afterwards, the typhoon will move generally northeastward or east northeastward away from the landmass of Luzon.

PAGASA said the typhoon is forecasted to gradually weaken from its current intensity throughout the forecast period.

Hazards

On Monday, moderate to heavy with at times intense rains will be experienced over Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Biliran and the northern portion of Leyte.

On Tuesday, moderate to heavy rains will be experienced over Bicol Region and Northern Samar, while light to moderate with at times heavy rains may prevail over the northern portion of Aurora and the eastern portions of mainland Cagayan and Isabela.

“Under these conditions and considering the antecedent rainfall over the aforementioned areas, flooding (including flash floods) and rain-induced landslides are increasingly likely to occur especially in areas identified in hazard maps as highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards,” PAGASA said.

In the next 24 hours, the northeasterly wind flow enhanced by the typhoon will also bring strong breeze to near gale conditions with higher gusts over most of Northern Luzon, Aurora, and the rest of Quezon that are not under any TCWS.

Further, very rough to very high seas will be experienced over the eastern seaboard of Luzon (5.0 to 12.0 meters) and rough to very high seas over the northern and eastern seaboards of Eastern Visayas (2.5 to 7.0 m).

Rough to very rough seas will prevail over the northern and western seaboards of Northern Luzon (2.5 to 4.5 m) and the eastern seaboard of Caraga (2.5 to 4.5 m) and rough seas over the remaining seaboards of localities where wind signals are in effect and the eastern seaboard of Davao Oriental (2.5 to 4.0 m).

Moderate to rough seas will be experienced over the western seaboard of Central Luzon (1.2 to 3.0 m).

PAGASA said sea travel is risky and advised mariners to not venture out over these waters.—LDF, GMA News

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