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MANILA, Philippines – Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 2 rose over Batanes and the eastern part of the Babuyan Islands (Balintang Island, Didicas Island, and Camiguin Islands, including adjacent islets) when severe tropical storm Siony it moved west-southwest toward the Strait of Luzon Thursday morning, state forecasters said.
Pagasa said that winds of 61 to 120 km / h will be experienced in the affected areas.
In its severe weather bulletin issued at 5 a.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that Siony was last seen 595 kilometers (kms) east of Basco, Batanes at 4 a.m. .
The meteorological disturbance is generating maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 115 kph, while moving west southwest at 10 kph.
“’SIONY’ is forecast to reach typhoon category with a maximum intensity of 120 km / h tomorrow morning when it passes near or over the Batanes-Babuyan Islands area. After exiting the PAR, ‘SIONY’ will gradually weaken due to increasingly unfavorable conditions over the Western Philippine Sea associated with a northeast swell, “the state meteorological office said.
TCWS Number 1 is on the rest of the Babuyan islands, northern part of the Cagayan mainland (Santa Ana, Gonzaga, Lal-Lo, Allacapan, Santa Teresita, Buguey, Camalaniugan, Aparri, Ballesteros, Abulug, Pamplona, Sanchez-Mira, Claveria, Santa Praxedes), northern part of Apayao (Santa Marcela, Luna, Calanasan), northern part of Ilocos Norte (Adams, Pagudpud, Bangui, Dumalneg, Burgos, Vintar, Pasuquin, Bacarra).
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