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Tropical storm “Siony” (international name: Atsani) may intensify to a typhoon before making landfall on Friday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Tuesday.
While there was a high degree of uncertainty in its forecast, the weather service said Siony is likely to reach the Batanes or Babuyan islands by the end of the week.
On Tuesday, the storm began to move slowly in an east-northeast direction.
Pagasa previously said that the weather system may become near stationary as it moves over the Philippine Sea this week.
Cagayan can be hit
Senior weather specialist Chris Perez said Tuesday that considering the odds on Siony’s latest forecast track, the storm could also hit parts of the Cagayan Valley by the end of the week.
“Not only the Batanes and Babuyan islands should be ready for the storm, but the Cagayan Valley should also be prepared, Pérez said.
As Siony crosses Luzon in the following days, various areas [in northern Luzon] it may be under a storm warning sign, ”he added.
At 3 pm Tuesday, the center of Siony was estimated at 620 kilometers east of the city of Basco, Batanes province. The storm carried maximum winds of 85 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 105 kilometers per hour.
Pagasa said that the Cagayan valley, the Cordillera administrative region and the Ilocos region may experience cloudy skies with light rains due to surface wind flow from the northeast.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm “Rolly” (international name: Goni) continued to move west toward the border of the Philippine territory.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Rolly was 560 km west of Subic, Zambales province.
Evacuation in Calayan
In the city of Calayan, Valle de Cagayan, the local government began on Tuesday the preventive evacuation of 250 families awaiting an attack from Siony.
Calayan Mayor Joseph Llopis said the local government had prepared enough food and drinking water for the evacuees, who were taken from their homes in danger zones.
The Cagayan Valley Department of Commerce and Industry said that prices of primary commodities and raw materials in the region remained stable despite typhoons “Pepito” (Saudel) and “Quinta” (Molave), which left at least P60 million in damage to agriculture and infrastructure. . —WITH REPORT FROM VILLAMOR VISAYA JR.
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