Weakened ‘Tisoy” makes 4th lndfall in Oriental Mindoro
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 08:19:48 +0000
TYPHOON “Tisoy” weakened further as it made its fourth landfall in Baco, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday afternoon, the weather-state bureau said.
In its 2 p.m bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) spotted the eye of “Tisoy” at the vicinity of Baco at 12:30 p.m.
Tisoy has maximum sustained winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph while moving west at 25 kph.
Tisoy, with its heavy rains and strong winds, will cross the island of Luzon and may impact Metro Manila, Calabarzon, and parts of Centra Luzon.
Calabarzon is Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon.
The state-run weather bureau said Tisoy made landfall over Torrijos, Marinduque at 8:30 a.m. today. It had its second landfall in San Pascual, Burias Island in Masbate. Its first landfall was in Sorsogon on Monday night.
Pagasa raised Signal No. 3 over Southern portion of Quezon (Sampaloc, Lucban, Tayabas, Pagbilao, Lucena, Sariaya, Candelaria, Dolores, Tiaong, San Antonio), Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island, Batangas, Cavite, and Laguna.
Signal No. 2 is up to Burias Island, Romblon, northern portion of Camarines Sur ( Cabugao, Libmanan, Pamplona, Pasacao, Sipocot, Lupi, Ragay, Del Gallego), Camarines Norte, Metro Manila, Bulacan, Bataan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, southern Aurora (Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler, San Luis, Dingalan), Rizal, rest of Quezon including Polillo Islands, Calamian Islands (Coron, Busuanga, Culion, Linapacan), Zambales, and Pangasinan, Northen Aklan (Malay, Buruanga, Nabas, Ibajay) and northern Antique (Caluya, Libertad, Pandan).
Signal No. 1 is up in Southern Isabela (Palanan, Dinapigue, San Mariano, San Guillermo, Benito Soliven, Naguilian, Reina Mercedes, Luna, Aurora, Cabatuan, San Mateo, Cauayan City, Alicia, Angadanan, Ramon, San Isidro, Echague, Cordon, Santiago City, Jones and San Agustin), Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, La Union, Quirino, rest of Aurora, northern portion of Palawan (El Nido, Taytay, Araceli, Dumaran), rest of Camarines Sur, Cuyo Islands (Cuyo, Magsaysay, Agutaya), Masbate including Ticao Island, Albay, Sorsogon, and Catanduanes
Western portion of Northern Samar (Capal, San Antonio, San Vicente), Lavezares, Allen, Biri, Rosario, Victoria, San Jose, San Isidro, Bobon, Catarman, Lope de Vega), northwestern portion of Samar (Calbayog, Tagapul-am, Almagro, Sto. Niño), Capiz, Iloilo, rest of Aklan, and rest of Antique.
The weather-state agency said it would not recommend a suspension of classes in Metro Manila and parts of Luzon on Wednesday as it expected good weather. FRANZ LEWIN EMBUDO