MANILA (3rd UPDATE) - Super typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan), the worlds strongest tropical cyclone of 2013, is packing winds in excess of 300 kilometers per hour, the US military said early Friday morning, just before the cyclone made landfall in the Visayas. The US Navy and Air Forces Joint Typhoon Warning Center, in its Super Typhoon 31W Warning No. 19, said Yolanda has maximum sustained winds of 315 kph (170 knots) and gusts reaching 380 kph (205 knots). Due to very favorable environmental conditions, [Yolanda] is expected to remain at super typhoon intensity over the next 24 hours, it added. Yolanda is carrying estimated rainfall from 10 mm to 30 mm per hour (heavy to intense) within its 600 km diameter. Residents in low lying and mountainous areas under signal #4, #3,#2, and #1 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides, PAGASA warned. Likewise, those living in coastal areas under signal #4, #3 and #2 are alerted against storm surges which may reach up to 7-meter wave height, it added. Signal No. 4 Masbate, Ticao Island, Southern Sorsogon, Romblon, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran province, Northern Cebu, Cebu City, Bantayan and Camotes Islands, Northern Negros Occidental, Capiz, Aklan, Antique, Iloilo, and Guimaras. Communities in the said locations will experience winds of more than 185 kph is expected in at least 12 hours, PAGASA said. Signal No. 3 Rest of Sorsogon, Burias Island, Albay, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Calamian Group of Islands, rest of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, rest of Cebu, Bohol, Surigao del Norte, Siargao Island, and Dinagat province. Signal No. 2 Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Southern Quezon, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Metro Manila,Cavite, Bataan, Lubang Islands, Northern Palawan, Siquijor, Camiguin, Surigao Del Sur, and Agusan del Norte. Signal No. 1 Camarines Norte, rest of Quezon, Polilio Island, Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, rest of Northern Palawan, Puerto Princesa, Misamis Oriental, and Agusan del Sur.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:04:14 +0000
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