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MANILA, Philippines – Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 rose over parts of the Cagayan and Babuyan Islands due to Tropical Storm Siony (international name: Atsani), the state meteorological office said Wednesday.
In its 5 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that TCWS No. 1 towers over the northeastern part of mainland Cagayán (Santa Ana, Gonzaga) and the eastern part of the Babuyan Islands (Balintang Island). , Babuyan Island, Didicas Island and Camiguin Island including their contiguous islets).
According to Pagasa’s public storm warning sign, TCWS No. 1 means that winds of 30 to 60 kilometers per hour (kph) can be expected in at least 36 hours or intermittent rain within 36 hours.
According to the latest data from Pagasa, Siony was last seen 700 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes.
Siony also had maximum sustained winds of 85 km / h near the center and gusts of up to 105 km / h.
The tropical storm was also observed to be moving slowly to the south-southwest.
State forecasters said Siony is forecast to move slowly or remain stationary over the next 12 hours, then it may move generally west or west-northwest toward the Strait of Luzon and the far north of Luzon, carrying the center of the storm. tropical on or very close to Batanes and Babuyan. Islands between Thursday night and Friday morning.
“As such, a landfall scenario is still likely in these locations,” Pagasa said.
Siony is also forecast to escalate to a severe tropical storm in the next 24 hours, Pagasa added.
Pagasa also said that the northeast winds intensified by Siony and Tropical Storm Rolly, which has left the Philippines Area of Responsibility, will bring a strong breeze to hurricane force winds with stronger gusts over Batanes, Babuyan Islands and the northern coastal areas of Cagayan and Ilocos. North.
Tropical Storm Siony is expected to leave the Philippines Area of Responsibility on Friday afternoon or Friday evening.
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