(Eagle News) — Typhoon Kammuri, with the local name Tisoy, is expected to make landfall tonight, Monday, Dec. 2, over Sorsogon in the next three hours as it further intensified with gusts of up to 230 kilometers per hour, according to PAGASA’s 8 p.m. bulletin.
“The eyewall of Typhoon “TISOY” is now bringing violent winds over Northern Samar, Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon,” PAGASA said. “TISOY” is expected to make landfall over Sorsogon in the next 3 hours.”
As of 7 p.m. today, Monday, the eye of Typhoon “TISOY” was located based on all available data including Virac Doppler Radar at 90 km East of Juban, Sorsogon (12.9°N, 124.8°E).
It has intensified in strength with maximum sustained winds of up to 165 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 230 km/h, moving West at 20 km/h.
As of 8 p.m., more areas in the in Luzon and Visayas are under signal number 3. These are the following:
– Catanduanes,
– Camarines Sur,
– Albay,
– Sorsogon,
– Camarines Norte,
– Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands,
– Romblon,
– southern portion of Quezon (Perez, Alabat, Quezon, Mauban, Sampaloc, Lucban, Tayabas, Pagbilao, Lucena, Sariaya, Candelaria, Dolores, Tiaong, San Antonio, Atimonan, Padre Burgos, Agdangan, Plaridel, Unisan, Pitogo, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, General Luna, Calauag, Guinayangan, Tagkawayan, Buenavista, Mulanay, San Narciso, San Francisco, San Andres),
– Marinduque,
– Oriental Mindoro,
southern portion of Batangas (San Juan, Padre Garcia, Ibaan, Batangas City, Rosario, Taysan, Lobo),
– Northern Samar,
– northern portion of Eastern Samar (Can-avid, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, Arteche, Jipapad, San Policarpio),
– northern portion of Samar (Catbalogan, Jiabong, Motiong, Paranas, San Jose de Buan, San Jorge, Pagsanghan, Tarangnan, Sta. Margarita, Gandara, Matuguinao, Calbayog, Tagapul-an, Almagro, Sto. Niño)
Signal number 2 is in place in the following areas:
-Metro Manila,
Bulacan,
Bataan,
Tarlac,
Pampanga,
Nueva Ecija,
southern Aurora (Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler, San Luis, Dingalan),
Cavite,
rest of Batangas,
Laguna,
Rizal,
rest of Quezon including Polillo Islands,
Occidental Mindoro,
Calamian Islands,
Zambales,
Cuyo Islands,
Pangasinan
Rest of Eastern Samar,
rest of Samar,
Biliran,
Aklan,
Capiz,
Antique,
Iloilo,
northern portion of Negros Occidental ( Talisay, Calatrava, Silay, Enrique B. Magalona, Victorias, Manapla, Cadiz, Sagay, Escalante, Toboso, Bacolod, Murcia, Salvador Benedicto, San Carlos, Bago, Pulupandan, Valladolid, La Carlota, San Enrique, Pontevedra, La Castellana, Moises Padilla),
northern portion of Leyte ( Baybay, Mahaplag, Abuyog, Javier, Macarthur, Mayorga, La Paz, Dulag, Albuera, barauen, Julita, Tolosa, Tanauan, Tabontabon, Dagami, Pastrana, Palo, Sta. Fe, Tacloban, Alangalang, Jaro, Babatngon, San Miguel, Barugo, Tunga, Carigara, Capoocan, Leyte, Calubian, San Isidro, Tabango, Villaba, Kananga, Matag-ob, Palompon, Isabel, Merida, Ormoc),
Guimaras
Those areas under signal number 1 are the following:
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),
Mountain Province,
Ifugao,
Benguet,
Nueva Vizcaya,
Ilocos Sur,
La Union,
Quirino,
rest of Aurora,
northern portion of Palawan (Taytay, Araceli, Dumaran, San Vicente, Roxas)
Rest of Negros Occidental,
Negros Oriental,
Bohol,
Siquijor,
rest of Cebu,
rest Leyte,
Southern Leyte
Dinagat Islands
Siargao Island
PAGASA said that between tonight and tomorrow morning, there will be frequent to continuous heavy to intense rains over Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Southern Quezon, Marinduque, and Romblon.
Frequent to continuous heavy rains will be felt over “Samar, Eastern Samar, Rizal, rest of Quezon, Laguna, and Oriental Mindoro. Moderate to intermittent heavy rains over Metro Manila, Occidental Mindoro, rest of CALABARZON, Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, and the rest of Eastern Visayas,” PAGASA’s bulletin said.
Between tomorrow morning and evening, there will also be frequent to continuous heavy to intense rains over CALABARZON, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Mindoro Provinces, Marinduque, and Romblon. Occasional to frequent heavy rains over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Calamian Islands, as well as intermittent heavy rains over Aklan ,Capiz, and northern Antique.
These areas will be “highly or very highly susceptible to flooding and rain-induced landslides,” PAGASA said.
Storm surges as high as more than three meters are also possible in several coastal areas in Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur; up to 3 meters over several coastal areas in Batangas, Quezon, Albay, and Marinduque, while several coastal areas in Batangas, Quezon, Albay, and Marinduque could have storm surges of up to three meters.
