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MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon Quinta intensified again Monday night as it approached the western border of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), according to a nightly bulletin issued by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. (Pay).
Quinta was last located 420 kilometers west of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. It had maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour with a gust of up to 170 kilometers per hour.
Moving west at 25 km / h over the Western Philippine Sea, it was forecast to intensify further, leaving PAR by early Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, a low pressure area (LPA) detected over the Pacific Ocean approached PAR. It was last seen 1,900 km east of southern Luzon.
It is not yet expected to intensify into a tropical depression in the next 24 to 48 hours.
As of this writing, only the Lubang Island, Calamian Islands, and Kalayaan Islands areas are under a No. 1 tropical cyclonic wind signal.
Moderate to heavy and sometimes heavy rains may still fall over Western Visayas, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, including the Calamian, Cuyo and Kalayaan Islands, Quezon, Aurora, Isabela and Cagayan.
The same condition was predicted for the Zamboanga Peninsula, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, northern Mindanao, Caraga, and the rest of Luzon and Visayas.
A gale warning is still in effect on the northern Luzon coastlines, as well as the entire coastal zone from the Ilocos Region to Central Luzon in the west, and also in the eastern part that includes the Cagayan Valley; waters of southern Luzon, including Palawan and the Visayas.
This means that small boats cannot operate as the sea can be rough to very rough.
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