PAGASA Says Last Cyclone Of 2019 Still Possible Over The Holidays
PAGASA – According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), a tropical cyclone might enter the country in the following days.
Just a few weeks after the onslaught of Tropical Storm Tisoy, PAGASA stated the possibility of a storm to make landfall in Visayas and Mindanao is still possible. However, there is a “high” uncertainty.
Tisoy was reported as the strongest one that hit the Philippines this year. It left hundreds of establishments in ruin in the Bicol area.
According to a report from DepEd’s Rapid Assessment of Damages Report (RADAR), it left 240 classrooms destroyed. Meanwhile, there were 543 classrooms damaged.
Following this, according to an article from Manila Bulletin, Ana Liza Solic, chief of the Climate Monitoring and Prediction Section of PAGASA, the storm might hit the Visayas and Mindanao en route to the West Philippine Sea.
If that would happen, the next cyclone would be named “Ursula”. PAGASA also added that the Philippines may still expect one or two cyclones to enter or form within the Philippines’ Area of Responsibility.
As per the article, Solis emphasized that areas in Luzon would not be affected by a tropical cyclone until the end of the year. However, she noted that the Angat Dam reservoir might get heavy rain.
Because of Tisoy, oriental Mindoro was placed in a state of calamity. It also left at about ₱811 million worth of damage to agriculture.
Figures from agencies confirmed that ₱655 million agricultural damage is from the Bicol region. Meanwhile, in Mimaropa in Oriental Mindoro, they bore the typhoon’s wrath with ₱156 million damage.
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