Metro Manila and other areas in Luzon are now placed under tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) no. 2 after storm ‘Kristine’ slightly accelerated while maintaining its strength over the sea east of Aurora, according to PAGASA.
Weather forecasters said they are not ruling out the possibility of ‘Kristine’ intensifying into a severe tropical storm category before making its landfall over Isabela this Wednesday evening.
The center of the storm was estimated based at 200 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora. It was moving north northwestward 30 km/h with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 105 km/h.
Areas under TCWS no. 2 also include the following: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Quezon including Polillo Islands, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay, the northeastern portion of Sorsogon (Prieto Diaz, City of Sorsogon).
Meanwhile, TCWS no. 1 remains over the following:
·LUZON – Batanes, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Islands, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Calamian Islands, the rest of Sorsogon, and Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands
·VISAYAS – Aklan, Capiz, Antique including Caluya Islands, Iloilo, Guimaras, the northern portion of Negros Occidental (Pontevedra, La Castellana, Moises Padilla, Bago City, La Carlota City, Valladolid, Pulupandan, Bacolod City, San Enrique, Murcia, Silay City, City of Talisay, Enrique B. Magalona, Manapla, City of Victorias, Cadiz City, Sagay City, City of Escalante, Toboso, Calatrava, Salvador Benedicto, San Carlos City), the northern portion of Negros Oriental (Vallehermoso, Canlaon City, City of Guihulngan), the northern and central portions of Cebu (Alcantara, Argao, Dumanjug, Sibonga, Pinamungahan, Ronda, Liloan, Cebu City, Moalboal, Consolacion, Danao City, Borbon, Carmen, Daanbantayan, Tuburan, City of Bogo, Tabogon, City of Naga, Lapu-Lapu City, City of Carcar, Mandaue City, Catmon, Minglanilla, Toledo City, Cordova, Compostela, San Remigio, Balamban, Aloguinsan, San Fernando, Asturias, Barili, Medellin, Sogod, Tabuelan, City of Talisay) including Bantayan Islands and Camotes Islands, Bohol, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Samar, Leyte, Biliran, and Southern Leyte
·MINDANAO – Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte including Siargao – Bucas Grande Group
