Tisoy slightly weakens, now over Burias Island

Typhoon Tisoy slightly weakened and is now over Burias Island. Its eyewall is currently bringing violent winds and intense rainfall over Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, and Masbate, PAGASA reported in the Severe Weather Bulletin issued at 5 a.m. Tuesday.

The eyewall is forecast to affect Southern Quezon, Romblon and Marinduque in the next 3 hours.

On Tuesday, frequent to continuous heavy to intense (with isolated torrential) rains is expected over Bicol Region, Romblon, Marinduque, Mindoro Provinces, CALABARZON, Metro Manila, Bataan, Pampanga and Bulacan.

Occasional to frequent heavy rains is also expected over the rest of Central Luzon while intermittent heavy rains will pour over Samar Provinces, Biliran, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Guimaras, and the northern portions of Negros Provinces and Cebu.

Late Tuesday afternoon and on Wednesday morning, frequent to continuous heavy (with isolated intense) rains is expected over Mindoro Provinces, Metro Manila, Central Luzon, Rizal, and Northern Quezon including Polillo Islands.

Occasional heavy rains are expected over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Marinduque, Romblon and the rest of CALABARZON while intermittent heavy rains will pour over Bicol Region and Calamian Islands.

As of 4 a.m. on Tuesday, the eye of Typhoon Tisoy was located in the vicinity of San Pascual, Masbate (Burias Island) with maximum sustained winds of up to 155 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 235 kph and moving westward at 20 kph.

The weather bureau advised residents in the affected areas, especially those living in areas identified to be highly or very highly susceptible to flooding and rain-induced landslides, to take appropriate actions, coordinate with local disaster risk reduction and management offices, and monitor for updates.

Forecast storm surge measuring 2 up to 3 meters may occur over several coastal areas in Batangas, Mindoro Provinces, Marinduque, Romblon, Ticao and Burias Islands, and the southern coast of Southern Quezon; and 1 to 2 meters over Camarines Norte, northern coast of Southern Quezon, Cavite, Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, and Zambales (Subic Bay coastal areas).

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 is hoisted 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
• Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island
• Batangas
• Cavite
• Laguna

TCWS No. 2 is hoisted over the following areas:

• 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
• Pangasinan
• Northern Samar
• Eastern Samar
• 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)
• Leyte

The areas placed under TCWS No. 1 are:

• 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
• rest of Aurora
• northern portion of Palawan (El Nido, Taytay, Araceli, Dumaran, San Vicente, Roxas)
• Rest of Negros Occidental
• Negros Oriental
• Bohol
• Siquijor
• rest of Cebu
• and Southern Leyte

Classes, flights

Classes for Tuesday and Wednesday were canceled in some areas.

Airport authorities announced the cancellation of some flights for Tuesday and Wednesday, due to bad weather.

The House of Representatives suspended work on Tuesday in anticipation of inclement weather due to Typhoon Tisoy.

As of 6 p.m. Monday, 89,722 individuals or over 22,500 families have been preemptively evacuated across Regions V, VIII, CALABARZON, and MIMAROPA ahead of Typhoon Tisoy’s expected landfall over Sorsogon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. —BAP/KG, GMA News