PAGASA Releases Track of Typhoon Kong-Rey On Monday (Oct 1)
The state weather bureau PAGASA has released the track of Typhoon Kong-Rey when it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
On Monday (October 1, 2018), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported that severe tropical storm Kong-Rey has already intensified into a Typhoon.
PAGASA said that the typhoon was last spotted at 1,515 kilometers east of Central Luzon and might affect the country’s weather condition for the next few hours.
Kong-Rey has maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 180 kph moving 15 kph west-northwest.
The weather disturbance will be locally named “Queenie” when it enters the country’s vicinity today or on Tuesday (October 2, 2018).
The possible “Queenie” would be the 17th tropical cyclone to enter PAR this year but it was not expected to make a landfall in any parts of the country.
The typhoon’s trough would bring scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over Bicol and Eastern Visayas.
Localized thunderstorms during afternoon or evening might persist over the rest of the country.
The weather agency also advised the residents in the affected areas to take precautionary measures for possible flashfloods and landslides due to heavy rains.
The tropical cyclone was expected to leave PAR on Friday (October 5) or Saturday (October 6).
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