Tisoy to make landfall over Sorsogon on Monday night —PAGASA

Typhoon Tisoy is forecast to make landfall over Sorsogon within the next three hours, state weather bureau PAGASA said in its 8 p.m. Severe Weather Bulletin on Monday.

The eyewall of the cyclone is currently causing violent winds over Northern Samar, Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon.

The center of the typhoon was last located 90 kilometers east of Juban, Sorsogon carrying maximum sustained winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 230 kph.

Tisoy continues to move west at 20 kph and is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday afternoon.

By Tuesday afternoon, the cyclone will be in the vicinity of Abra de Ilog.

On Wednesday afternoon, it will be 345 kilometers west of Iba, Zambales.

Storm surge warnings

PAGASA warned of a possible storm surge over three meters in height in coastal areas in Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur.

A storm surge up to three meters tall may occur over several coastal areas in Batangas, Quezon, Albay, and Marinduque.

Sea travel has also been declared as “risky” due to rough sea conditions.

Storm signals

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3 was raised over the following areas:

• Catanduanes
• Camarines Sur
• Albay
• Sorsogon
• Camarines Norte
• Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands
• Romblon
• Southern portion of Quezon (Perez, Alabat, Quezon, Mauban, Sampaloc, Lucban, Tayabas, Pagbilao, Lucena, Sariaya, Candelaria, Dolores, Tiaong, San Antonio, Atimonan, Padre Burgos, Agdangan, Plaridel, Unisan, Pitogo, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, General Luna, Calauag, Guinayangan, Tagkawayan, Buenavista, Mulanay, San Narciso, San Francisco, San Andres)
• Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, southern portion of Batangas (San Juan, Padre Garcia, Ibaan, Batangas City, Rosario, Taysan, Lobo)
• Northern Samar
• Northern portion of Eastern Samar (Can-avid, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, Arteche, Jipapad, San Policarpio)
• Northern portion of Samar (Catbalogan, Jiabong, Motiong, Paranas, San Jose de Buan, San Jorge, Pagsanghan, Tarangnan, Sta. Margarita, Gandara, Matuguinao, Calbayog, Tagapul-an, Almagro, Sto. Niño)

Signal No. 2 was declared over:

• Metro Manila
• Bulacan
• Bataan
• Tarlac
• Pampanga
• Nueva Ecija
• Southern Aurora (Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler, San Luis, Dingalan)
• Cavite
• Rest of Batangas
• Laguna
• Rizal
• The rest of Quezon including Polillo Islands
• Occidental Mindoro
• Calamian Islands
• Zambales
• Cuyo Islands
• Pangasinan
• The rest of Eastern Samar
• The rest of Samar
• Biliran
• Aklan
• Capiz
• Antique
• Iloilo
• Northern portion of Negros Occidental (Talisay, Calatrava, Silay, Enrique B. Magalona, Victorias, Manapla, Cadiz, Sagay, Escalante, Toboso, Bacolod, Murcia, Salvador Benedicto, San Carlos, Bago, Pulupandan, Valladolid, La Carlota, San Enrique, Pontevedra, La Castellana, Moises Padilla)
• Northern portion of Leyte (Baybay, Mahaplag, Abuyog, Javier, Macarthur, Mayorga, La Paz, Dulag, Albuera, Burauen, Julita, Tolosa, Tanauan, Tabontabon, Dagami, Pastrana, Palo, Sta. Fe, Tacloban, Alangalang, Jaro, Babatngon, San Miguel, Barugo, Tunga, Carigara, Capoocan, Leyte, Calubian, San Isidro, Tabango, Villaba, Kananga, Matag-ob, Palompon, Isabel, Merida, Ormoc)
• Guimaras

The following areas are under Signal No. 1:

• Southern Isabela (Palanan, Dinapigue, San Mariano, San Guillermo, Benito Soliven, Naguilian, Reina Mercedes, Luna, Aurora, Cabatuan, San Mateo, Cauayan City, Alicia, Angadanan, Ramon, San Isidro, Echague, Cordon, Santiago City, Jones, San Agustin)
• Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• Nueva Vizcaya
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• Quirino
• The rest of Aurora
• Northern portion of Palawan (Taytay, Araceli, Dumaran, San Vicente, Roxas)
• The rest of Negros Occidental
• Negros Oriental
• Bohol
• Siquijor
• The rest of Cebu
• The rest of Leyte
• Southern Leyte
• Dinagat Islands
• Siargao Island

PAGASA advised residents of these areas to coordinate with their local disaster management office and continue monitoring updates.

Rainfall outlook

Between Monday night and Tuesday morning, frequent to continuous heavy to intense rains will persist over Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Southern Quezon, Marinduque, and Romblon, frequent to continuous heavy rains will prevail over Samar, Eastern Samar, Rizal, the rest of Quezon, Laguna, and Oriental Mindoro, and moderate to intermittent heavy rains over will hover over Metro Manila, Occidental Mindoro, rest of CALABARZON, Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, and the rest of Eastern Visayas.

Between Tuesday morning and evening, frequent to continuous heavy to intense were forecast over CALABARZON, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Mindoro Provinces, Marinduque, and Romblon, occasional to frequent heavy rains were predicted over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Calamian Islands, and  intermittent heavy rains over Aklan, Capiz, and northern Antique. —Julia Mari Ornedo/LDF, GMA News