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WASHING AND BATHING Days after Typhoon “Rolly” hit the province of Catanduanes, residents of the capital Virac flock to the Hicming River to wash their mud-soaked clothes and other belongings, and take a bath, as the supply of water in the city has not yet been fully restored. . —MARK ALVIC ESPLANA
Just over a week after Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni) struck Bicol, another potential typhoon threatens to hit the region again this week.
On Monday, tropical depression Ulises strengthened to a tropical storm, but was forecast to intensify into a typhoon before making landfall in Bicol or Quezon province on Wednesday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. (Pay).
Ulysses is the 21st climate change this year in the country, facing an average of 20 tropical cyclones a year.
Pagasa said the Ulises trough, or extension, will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms by Tuesday over Bicol, Quezon and Eastern Visayas, where storm signals could be generated.
Residents in these areas were advised to remain vigilant for possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to sometimes heavy rains, Pagasa said.
At 3pm on Monday, Ulysses was estimated to be 575 kilometers east of Borongan city, eastern Samar. It was moving north at 15 km per hour, with winds of 65 km / h and gusts of 80 km / h.
On Tuesday afternoon, the storm is expected to turn west and head towards the Bicol-Quezon area midweek. Its last forecast track showed Ulysses crossing southern Luzon, similar to the tracks of previous storms “Quinta” (Molave) and Rolly, which devastated parts of southern Luzon and Bicol in the past two weeks. He is expected to leave the country on Saturday.
Officials from the province of Catanduanes were again asked to look for available space that could serve as evacuation centers.
“All the evacuation centers were destroyed. The strategy would be ‘shelters’ where evacuees would stay in houses that are still safe, ”said Roberto Monterola, Catanduanes disaster risk reduction and management officer.
In Isabela province, the Magat dam released water through a spillway gate on Monday afternoon due to incessant rains.
–Reports by Jhesset O. Enano, Ma. April Mier-Manjares and Villamor Visayas Jr.
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