October 25 ------ Severe Tropical Storm Kristine maintains its strength as it accelerates west northwestward over the sea west of Northern Luzon, according to the latest Tropical Cyclone Bulletin posted by PAGASA. The center of the eye of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine was estimated at 125 kilometers west northwest of Bacnotan, La Union packing maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour near the center, gustiness of up to 115 kph and moving west northwestward at 25 kph.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) no. 2 is hoisted over the following areas:
Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, the northern portion of Cavite (Ternate, Maragondon, Naic, Tanza, City of General Trias, Rosario, Cavite City, Noveleta, Kawit, Imus City, Bacoor City), the northern portion of Rizal (Cainta, Taytay, Angono, San Mateo, Rodriguez, Tanay, City of Antipolo, Baras, Teresa, Morong), the northern portion of mainland Quezon (General Nakar)
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 1 is hoisted over the following areas:
Batanes, the rest of Rizal, the rest of Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, the rest of Quezon including Polillo Islands, Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Islands, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, the northern portion of mainland Palawan (El Nido, Taytay, Araceli, Dumaran, San Vicente) including Calamian, Cuyo, and, Kalayaan Islands, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Albay
the northern and central portions of Sorsogon (Castilla, Magallanes, Pilar, Casiguran, Donsol, Juban, Gubat, City of, Sorsogon, Prieto Diaz, Bulan), the northern and central portions of Masbate (City of Masbate, Uson, Dimasalang, Mobo, Cawayan, Aroroy, Balud, Mandaon, Milagros, Baleno) including Ticao and Burias Islands, Aklan, Capiz, Antique including Caluya Islands, Iloilo, Bantayan Islands, the western portion of Northern Samar (Rosario, Biri, San Isidro, Capul, San Vicente, Victoria, Lavezares, San Antonio, San Jose, Allen, Bobon), the northern portion of Samar (Tagapul-An).
Moderate to heavy rainfall (50 to 100 mm) is forecasted over Pangasinan, La Union, Benguet, Tarlac, Pampanga, Zambales and Bataan Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon will have stormy weather due to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine with the possibility that flooding or landslides will occur due to heavy to intense rains. Minor to moderate threat to lives and properties due to strong winds.
The rest of Luzon will have rains with gusty winds due to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine with the possibility that flooding or landslides will occur due to moderate to heavy with at times intense rains. Minimal to minor threat to lives and properties due to strong winds. Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the trough of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine with the possibility that flooding or landslides will occur due to moderate to at times heavy rains. Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the trough of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine with the possibility that flooding or landslides will occur during severe thunderstorms.
Source: gmanetwork.com
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