“Goring” has now weakened into a typhoon but a new tropical cyclone is likely to enter this week, the weather bureau said Monday.
PAGASA said a tropical storm was tracked 2,230 km east of Northern Luzon, outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
The agency said it may enter PAR by Wednesday night or Thursday morning and will be assigned the local name “Hanna.”
In its 5 p.m. bulletin yesterday, PAGASA also said Goring was around 260 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour near the center.
PAGASA said the typhoon is expected to dump between 50 to 100 millimeter of rainfall over Babuyan Islands and the northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan until Tuesday afternoon.
“Under these conditions, flooding and rain-induced landslides are possible especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards,” the agency said.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 remained hoisted over Batanes; the northern and eastern portions of mainland Cagayan (Camalaniugan, Pamplona, Gonzaga, Santa Teresita, Baggao, Buguey, Santa Ana, Claveria, Aparri, Ballesteros, Abulug, Sanchez-Mira, Santa Praxedes, Allacapan, Lal-Lo, Lasam, Peñablanca, Iguig, Amulung, Gattaran, Alcala), including Babuyan Islands; and the eastern portion of Isabela (Dinapigue, San Mariano, San Guillermo, Ilagan City, Tumauini, San Pablo, Cabagan, Maconacon, Divilacan, Palanan).
PAGASA said Goring will make close approach to Batanes between Wednesday morning and evening. It did not rule out a landfall scenario.
