4 areas under Signal No. 5 as Pepito crosses CamSur waters

Four areas are now under Signal No. 5 as Super Typhoon Pepito (international name: Man-Yi) continues to travel west northwest, according to PAGASA's 2 a.m. Sunday bulletin.

Under Signal No. 5 are the northern portion of Catanduanes (Pandan, Bagamanoc, Panganiban, Viga, Caramoran), the northeastern portion of Camarines Sur (Caramoan, Garchitorena, Lagonoy, Presentacion), Calaguas Islands, and the eastern portion of Polillo Islands (Patnanungan, Jomalig).

Signal No. 4 was hoisted over the following areas:

• the northernmost portion of Albay (Tiwi)
• the eastern portion of Camarines Sur (Siruma, Tinambac, Goa, San Jose, Tigaon, Sagñay, Calabanga)
• the rest of Camarines Norte
• the rest of Catanduanes
• the rest of Pollilo Islands

Signal No. 3 was raised over the following areas:

• the northeastern portion of Sorsogon (Prieto Diaz, City of Sorsogon, Gubat)
• the rest of Albay
• the rest of Camarines Sur
• the northeastern portion of Quezon (Calauag, Guinayangan, Tagkawayan, Buenavista, Lopez, Quezon, Perez, Alabat, Gumaca, Plaridel, Atimonan, Real, General Nakar, Infanta, Mauban, Sampaloc)
• the rest of Polillo Islands
• the eastern portion of Laguna (Santa Maria, Famy, Mabitac, Pakil, Pangil, Siniloan, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, Cavinti)
• Aurora
• the eastern and central portions of Rizal (Pililla, Tanay, City of Antipolo, Rodriguez, Baras, San Mateo, Morong, Teresa)
• the central and eastern portions of Bulacan (Norzagaray, San Miguel, San Ildefonso, San Rafael, Doña Remedios Trinidad, Angat, City of San Jose del Monte, Santa Maria, Pandi, Baliuag, Bustos, Pulilan, Plaridel)
• the northeastern portion of Pampanga (Candaba, Arayat, Magalang, San Luis, San Simon, Mexico, Santa Ana, Apalit, Santo Tomas, City of San Fernando, Mabalacat City, Angeles City)
• Tarlac
• Nueva Ecija
• the northern portion of Zambales (Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Masinloc, Palauig)
• Pangasinan
• La Union
• the southern portion of Ilocos Sur (Alilem, Sugpon, Cervantes, Suyo, Tagudin)
• Benguet
• Ifugao
• the southern portion of Mountain Province (Tadian, Bauko, Sabangan)
• Nueva Vizcaya
• Quirino
• the southern portion of Isabela (Jones, Echague, San Guillermo, Angadanan, Alicia, San Mateo, Ramon, San Isidro, City of Santiago, Cordon)

Placed under Signal No. 2 were the following:

• the rest of Sorsogon
• Ticao Island
• Burias Island
• Marinduque
• the rest of Quezon
• the rest of Laguna
• the rest of Rizal
• Cavite
• the northern portion of Batangas (City of Tanauan, Santo Tomas, Talisay, Lipa City, Malvar, Balete, Mataasnakahoy, Laurel, Padre Garcia)
• Metro Manila
• Bataan
• the rest of Zambales
• the rest of Pampanga
• the rest of Bulacan
• Kalinga
• Abra
• the rest of Mountain Province
• the southern portion of Apayao (Kabugao, Conner)
• the rest of Ilocos Sur
• the rest of Isabela
• the southwestern portion of Cagayan (Enrile, Tuao, Solana, Tuguegarao City, Piat)
• Northern Samar

Areas under Signal No. 1 are the following:

• the rest of Masbate
• Romblon
• the northern and central portions of Oriental Mindoro (Puerto Galera, San Teodoro, Naujan, Baco, Victoria, Socorro, Pinamalayan, Bansud, Gloria, Pola, City of Calapan, Bongabong, Roxas, Mansalay)
• the northern and central portions of Occidental Mindoro (Sablayan, Santa Cruz, Mamburao, Abra de Ilog, Paluan) including Lubang Islands
• the rest of Batangas
• the rest of Cagayan including Babuyan Islands
• the rest of Apayao
• the rest of Ilocos Norte
• Biliran
• the northernmost portion of Cebu (Daanbantayan, Medellin) including Bantayan Islands
• the northernmost portion of Iloilo (Carles)
• the northern portion of Samar (San Jorge, San Sebastian, Villareal, Zumarraga, Matuguinao, Pinabacdao, Almagro, Calbayog City, Talalora, Jiabong, Pagsanghan, City of Catbalogan, Gandara, Motiong, Santo Niño, Tagapul-An, San Jose de Buan, Santa Margarita, Tarangnan, Calbiga, Daram, Paranas, Hinabangan)
• the northern portion of Eastern Samar (Can-Avid, Maslog, San Policarpo, Taft, Dolores, Jipapad, Oras, Arteche, Sulat, San Julian)
•  the northernmost portion of Leyte (San Isidro, Calubian)

''It must be emphasized that heavy rainfall, severe winds, and storm surge may still be experienced in localities outside the landfall point and the forecast confidence cone,'' PAGASA said.

At 1 a.m., Pepito was located over the coastal waters of Caramoan, Camarines Sur, with maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h and gustiness of up to 280 km/h.

The typhoon was traveling west northwestward at 10 km/h.

''Pepito will move move west northwestward over the waters north of Camarines Provinces (with a landfall or close approach over Calaguas Islands not ruled out) until this morning. It will then pass close or over Polillo Islands between this morning and noon, before making landfall over northern Quezon or central or southern Aurora between this noon and afternoon," PAGASA said.

''Afterwards, Pepito will cross the northern portion of Central Luzon and the southern portion of Northern Luzon along the upland areas of Sierra Madre, Caraballo, and Cordillera Central between this afternoon and evening. Pepito will emerge over the coastal waters of Pangasinan or La Union tonight or tomorrow (18 November) early morning,'' it added.

Pepito may exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Monday morning or afternoon. —VBL, GMA Integrated News