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Ulysses has intensified and is now a tropical storm and is likely to reach severe tropical storm status in the next 24 hours, threatening to dump rain over eastern Visayas, the Bicol region and Quezon, the Atmospheric Services Administration, Geophysical and Astronomical of the Philippines (PAGASA) said on Monday.
According to PAGASA, the center of Tropical Storm Ulysses was estimated based on all available data 575 km east of the city of Borongan, eastern Samar around 4pm on Monday. It is moving northwest at a speed of 15 km / h and currently has maximum sustained winds of 65 km / h near the center and gusts of up to 80 km / h.
While there is no sign of a tropical cyclone wind yet, Tropical Storym Ulysses is expected to make landfall over the Bicol Region-Quezon area on Thursday, PAGASA said in its latest weather bulletin issued at 4 p.m. Monday.
It is forecast to turn west on Tuesday and head toward the Bicol Region-Quezon area, which is still reeling from the devastation caused by Super Typhoon Rolly earlier this month.
A landslide of ash and volcanic debris buried at least 300 houses in Guinobatan, Albay, where six people were reported to have died during the height of Super Typhoon Rolly.
According to PAGASA, moderate and sometimes heavy rains may prevail in Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region and Quezón due to the Ulises Depression, while moderate to heavy rains will be experienced in Cagayán, including the Babuyán, Apayao and Ilocos Norte Islands due to The tail. -End of a cold front.
“Floods (including flash floods), rain-induced landslides, and sediment-laden stream flows (ie lahar) can occur during heavy or prolonged rains, especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards and / or those that received significant rainfall antecedents from tropical cyclones, ”said the meteorological office.
