Tisoy slightly weakens after Sorsogon landfall

TRack of Typhoon Tisoy as of 2 a.m. on Tuesday. PHOTO FROM PAGASA WEBSITE

Typhoon Tisoy slightly weakens while moving onshore and is now over Pilar town in Sorsogon, PAGASA reported in Severe Weather Bulletin issued at 2 a.m. on Tuesday.

Tisoy made landfall at 11 p.m. on Monday in Gubat, Sorsogon and continues to move westward.

The eyewall of Tisoy is bringing violent winds and intense rainfall over Northern Samar, Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon. Camarines Norte and Masbate will be affected by the eyewall in the next 3 hours.

Heavy Rainfall Outlook

On Tuesday, frequent to continuous heavy to intense (with isolated torrential) rains will be experienced over the Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Southern Quezon, Marinduque, and Romblon.

Occasional to frequent heavy rains over Samar, Eastern Samar, Rizal, rest of Quezon, Laguna, and Oriental Mindoro.

Intermittent heavy rains over Metro Manila, Occidental Mindoro, rest of CALABARZON, Aurora, rest of Eastern Visayas, and the eastern portions of Cagayan and Isabela.

By noon on Tuesday and on Wednesday, frequent to continuous heavy to intense (with isolated torrential) rains over CALABARZON, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Mindoro Provinces, Marinduque, and Romblon.

Occasional to frequent heavy rains over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Calamian Islands. Intermittent heavy rains over Aklan, Capiz, and northern Antique.

Residents in these areas, especially those living in areas identified to be highly or very highly susceptible to flooding and rain-induced landslides, are advised to take appropriate actions, coordinate with local disaster risk reduction and management offices, and continue monitoring for updates.

As of 1 a.m. on Tuesday, the eye of Typhoon Tisoy was located based on all available data including Daet Doppler Radar In the vicinity of Pilar, Sorsogon with maximum strength of of 165 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 275 kph and moving westward at 15 kph.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 are:

• Luzon
• Catanduanes
• Camarines Sur
• Albay
• Sorsogon
• Camarines Norte
• Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands
• Romblon
• and 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
• Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island Batangas
• Cavite
• and Laguna
• Visayas
• Northern Samar
• northern portion of Eastern Samar (Can-avid, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, Arteche, Jipapad, San Policarpio)
• and 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)

Areas under TCWS No. 2 are:

Luzon

• Metro Manila
• Bulacan
• Bataan
• Tarlac
• Pampanga
• Nueva Ecija
• southern Aurora (Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler, San Luis, Dingalan)
• Rizal
• rest of Quezon including Polillo Islands
• Calamian Islands (Coron, Busuanga, Culion, Linapacan)
• Cuyo Islands (Cuyo, Magsaysay, Agutaya)
• Zambales
• and Pangasinan

Visayas

• Rest of Eastern Samar
• the rest of Samar
• Biliran
• Aklan
• Capiz
• Antique
• Iloilo
• Guimaras
• 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 Cebu (Daanbantayan, Bantayan, Madridejos, Santa Fe, Medellin, Bogo City, San Remigio, Tabogon, Tabuelan, Tuburan, Carmen Borbon, Sogod, Catmon, Asturias, and Camotes Islands)
• and Leyte

Areas under TCWS No. 1 are the following:

Luzon

• 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 and San Agustin)
• Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• Nueva Vizcaya
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• Quirino
• the rest of Aurora
• northern portion of Palawan (El Nido, Taytay, Araceli, Dumaran, San Vicente, Roxas)

Visayas

• the rest of Negros Occidental
• Negros Oriental
• Bohol
• Siquijor
• rest of Cebu
• and Southern Leyte
• Mindanao
• Dinagat Islands and Siargao Island

Other Hazards and Information

Forecast storm surge: More than 3.0 meters over several coastal areas in Catanduanes, Northern Samar, the northern and eastern coast of Camarines Sur, the eastern coast of Albay, and the eastern and southern coast of Sorsogon; up to 3 meters over several coastal areas in Batangas, Quezon, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, and the remaining coastal areas of Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon. For more information, refer to Storm Surge Warning #6 issued at 11 PM today.

Sea travel is risky over the seaboards of areas under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal (TCWS) No. 1, the seaboards of Northern Luzon, the western seaboard of Palawan, and the northern and eastern seaboards of Mindanao due to prevailing or forecast rough sea conditions which may be perilous for maritime activities, especially for those using small seacrafts.

Gusty conditions may also be experienced in areas in Northern Luzon that are not under any TCWS (especially in the coastal and mountainous zones) due to the Northeast Monsoon. — BAP, GMA News