Updates on Supertyphoon Yolanda! At least 21 areas, mga kababayan na ang under SIGNAL #4.. Prayers pa rin ang katapat nito.. Basahin sa baba and SHARE para sa sunod na update: gmanetwork/news/story/334531/weather/yolanda-makes-landfall-in-guiuan-eastern-samar-pagasa Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) made landfall over Guiuan in Eastern Samar at 4:40 a.m. Friday, state weather forecasters said. At least 21 areas were placed under Storm Signal No. 4 as Yolanda made landfall over Guiuan in Eastern Samar before dawn Friday. In its 5 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said Yolanda struck Guiuan with maximum sustained winds of 235 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 275 kph. PAGASA said Yolanda, after making landfall, may cross Biliran, the northern tip of Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, Romblon, Semirara Island, the southern part of Mindoro then Busuanga. It will exit the Philippine land mass early Saturday morning, and move towards the West Philippine Sea. Yolanda is forecast to move west-northwest at 39 kph and is projected to be 240 km west-northwest of Coron, Palawan Saturday morning. By Saturday afternoon, it is expected to be 720 km northwest of Coron, Palawan or outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Storm signals PAGASA said 21 areas are under Signal 4, 13 under Signal 3, 16 under Signal 2, and eight under Signal 1. Under Signal No. 4 are: Masbate Ticao Island Southern Sorsogon Romblon Northern Samar Eastern Samar Samar Leyte Southern Leyte Biliran Northern Cebu Cebu City Bantayan Camotes Islands Northern Negros Occidental Capiz Aklan Antique Iloilo Guimaras Dinagat Province Under Storm Signal No. 3 are: 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 Under Signal No. 2 are: Catanduanes Camarines Sur Southern Quezon Laguna Batangas Rizal Metro Manila Cavite Bataan Lubang Islands Northern Palawan Puerto Princesa Siquijor Camiguin Surigao Del Sur Agusan Del Norte Under Signal No. 1 are: Camarines Norte Rest of Quezon Polilio Island Bulacan Pampanga Zambales Misamis Oriental Agusan del Sur Rainfall PAGASA said Yolanda may bring heavy to intense rainfall of 10.0 to 30.0 mm per hour within its 400-km diameter. Sea travel is risky over the seaboards of Northern Luzon and over the eastern seaboard of Central Luzon, it said. It warned residents in low-lying and mountainous areas under storm signals 2 to 4 to be alert against possible flash floods and landslides. Also, it said those in coastal areas under signals 2 to 4 should be alert against storm surges that may generate waves of up to seven meters. Project NOAH of the Department of Science and Technology indicated the highest storm surge is expected at 2 p.m. Friday in Leyte, at 5.2 meters; and at 8 a.m. Friday in Eastern Samar at 4.7 meters. Andis Island in Port Borongan, Eastern Samar may expect a storm surge of 3.3 meters at 8:30 a.m. Friday. Tacloban and Palompon in Leyte may expect storm surges of 3.6 meters at 10 a.m. and 1:20 p.m. Friday respectively. Also on Friday, Cebu may expect a storm surge of 3.4 meters in Tuburan at 1:20 p.m. — ELR, GMA News
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 00:23:33 +0000
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