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MANILA, Philippines – The tropical cyclone (TCWS) No. 2 wind signal is still over the Batanes and Babuyan Islands, even as the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) sees Tropical Storm Siony coming out of the Philippine Responsibility Area (PAR) Friday night.
Pagasa said that areas under TCWS No. 2 are currently experiencing “damaging gale-to-storm winds,” while those under TCWS No. 1 are experiencing “strong breeze to near-gale conditions.”
Meanwhile, an area of low pressure outside PAR was last detected 1,515 kilometers east of Mindanao. It is forecast to move generally from west to northwest or northwest and may enter PAR this Friday afternoon or evening.
Touch down, get out
Pagasa, in its 5 a.m. weather update, said the storm was expected to make landfall in Batanes, most likely in the vicinity of Itbayat Island on Friday morning, as it continues to move west-northwest.
“He is expected to leave the Philippines Area of Responsibility (PAR) tonight. It will then turn southwest tomorrow morning over the sea to southwest Taiwan and move over the Western Philippine Sea towards the Paracel Islands area, ”the state meteorological bureau said.
TCWS No. 1, meanwhile, is above the following areas:
– northern portion of the Cagayan continent (Santa Ana, Gonzaga, Lal-Lo, Allacapan, Santa Teresita, Buguey, Camalaniugan, Aparri, Ballesteros, Abulug, Pamplona, Sanchez-Mira, Claveria, Santa Praxedes)
– Northern portion of Apayao (Santa Marcela, Luna, Calanasan)
– northern portion of Ilocos Norte (Adams, Pagudpud, Bangui, Dumalneg, Burgos, Vintar, Pasuquin, Bacarra)
Track of the storm
At 4 am, the center of the severe tropical storm was sighted 60 kilometers east northeast of Basco, Batanes or 70 km east of Itbayat, Batanes.
It was moving west at 20 kilometers per hour (kph) and has maximum sustained winds of 95 kph near the center and gusts of up to 115 kph.
Pagasa added that Siony is expected to maintain his strength or mild intensity in the next 24 hours.
Beyond the 24-hour period, the storm will weaken significantly due to increasingly unfavorable conditions associated with swell from the northeast winds over the Western Philippine Sea.
Then it can be downgraded to a low pressure area on Monday.
Weather forecast Friday
Siony will bring moderate to heavy rains in areas under TCWS No. 2 and light to moderate rains with sometimes heavy rains in areas under TCWS No. 1, according to Pagasa.
The meteorological office also warned that flash floods and landslides can occur during heavy or prolonged rains, especially in areas identified on geohazard maps as highly or very highly susceptible to these threats.
New Threat: Tonyo
The meteorological bureau said the approaching LPA is heading towards Eastern Visayas and will likely arrive in the area by Saturday afternoon or evening.
Pagasa said that this alteration of the climate can turn into a tropical depression with the local name “Tonyo” within the next 48 to 72 hours.
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