PAGASA – Signal No.1 Over Three Areas Due To Ramon
PAGASA – Weather bureau PAGASA recently said that three areas are under cyclone signal number 1 as Tropical Depression Ramon looms.
The bureau said in its 3 AM bulletin that tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) number 1 was raised over Catanduanes, Eastern Samar, and the eastern area of Northern Samar.
According to Inquirer, the provinces are said to face 30 to 60 kilometers per hour winds in the next 36 hours. They will also likely to face intermittent rains.
Tropical depression Ramon is said to enhance into a tropical storm in the next 24 hours. It was last spotted 505 kilometers east of the city of Borongan, Eastern Samar.
The weather disturbance is currently moving west northwest at about 15 kilometers per hour. It is packed with maximum sustained winds of about 55 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 70 kilometers per hour.
Based on the report, light to moderate with occasional heavy rains will be experienced in Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon.
Light to moderate with intermittent heavy rains will be faced in Camarines Norte and Masbate.
As for the eastern area of Isabela and northern Aurora, they will face light to moderate with occasional heavy rains.
Light to moderate with intermittent heavy rains will be faced over the Bicol region, Cagayan, Apayao, Quezon, Northern Samar and the rest of Isabela and Aurora.
The bureau warned the public of the said affected areas of possible landslides and flash floods and to take precautionary measures and coordinate with their respective local disaster risk reduction and management offices and stay vigilant for updates.
Signal No. 1 might possibly be raised over the following areas in the bureau’s 11AM bulletin:
- Camarines Sur
- Albay
- Sorsogon
- the rest of Northern Samar
The bureau also added that sea travel is risky, especially for smaller vessels over the seaboards of areas under Signal No. 1; the seaboards of North Luzon; and the eatern seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon.
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