PAGASA Says Typhoon Hanna to Bring Rains Over Parts of PH
PAGASA LATEST UPDATE – The state weather bureau reported that Typhoon Hanna behaves erratically as it makes a landfall in Taiwan.
On Monday (September 4, 2023), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration released the latest weather update in the country. Typhoon Hanna wilkl continue to affect the country’s weather condition.
PAGASA reported that Hanna was last spotted 265 kilometers northwest of Itbayat, Batanes or in the vicinity of Kaohsiung City. It packs maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 165 kph.
Hanna behaves erratically off the coast of southwestern Taiwan as it moves south southwestward slowly. The typhoon is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) within the next six to 12 hours.
The typhoon is enhancing the southwest monsoon and will bring occasional to monsoon rains over the western portion of Luzon and Antique over the next three days. Hanna will have strong to typhoon-force winds extend outwards up to 500 km from the center.
Gusty weather conditions are expected over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Nueva Vizcaya, the southern portion of Aurora, Zambales, Bataan, Bulacan, Metro Manila, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, Marinduque, the northern portion of Palawan including Calamian, Kalayaan, and Cuyo Islands, and most of Calabarzon, Bicol Region, and Western Visayas.
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Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 still remains over Batanes.
The weather agency PAGASA has advised the affected residents to take precautionary measures for possible flash floods and landslides.
Several local government units have declared the suspension of classes due to the inclement weather condition brought by Typhoon Hanna and enhanced southwest monsoon.
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