Hurricane Leon continues to strengthen east of Cagayan

Floods and landslides are possible as Hurricane Leon (Kong-rey) is bringing average to torrential rain till Thursday night, October 31

MANILA, Philippines – Hurricane Leon (Kong-rey) continued to accentuate over the Philippine Sea on Tuesday night, October 29, as its most sustained winds reached 155 kilometers per hour from 150 km/h.

Its gustiness additionally went as much as 190 km/h from 185 km/h, based mostly on the 11 pm bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA).

As of 10 pm, Leon was already 450 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan, shifting northwest at a barely sooner 15 km/h from 10 km/h.

PAGASA nonetheless expects Leon to quickly strengthen additional over the Philippine Sea. It might already be a brilliant storm by Wednesday night, October 30, though it might be downgraded again to a storm by Thursday morning, October 31.

Leon is projected to maintain shifting northwest over the Philippine Sea till it makes landfall alongside Taiwan’s japanese coast on Thursday afternoon. Taiwan is inside the Philippine Space of Accountability (PAR).

However the climate bureau isn’t ruling out landfall in Batanes. Leon shall be closest to the province between early morning and midday of Thursday.

“Leon will possible be at or close to tremendous storm depth throughout its closest level of strategy to Batanes,” PAGASA mentioned.

Floods and landslides are possible as Leon is bringing average to torrential rain till Thursday night.

Tuesday night, October 29, to Wednesday night, October 30

• Intense to torrential rain (greater than 200 millimeters): Batanes, Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands
• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 mm): Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Isabela, Occidental Mindoro, Vintage
• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, Calamian Islands, Romblon, Negros Occidental, Aklan

Wednesday night, October 30, to Thursday night, October 31

• Intense to torrential rain (greater than 200 mm): Batanes, Babuyan Islands
• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 mm): mainland Cagayan, Occidental Mindoro
• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Ilocos Norte, Abra, Zambales, Bataan, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Calamian Islands, Romblon, Vintage, Aklan

Thursday night, October 31, to Friday night, November 1

• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Batanes, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Calamian Islands, Occidental Mindoro

As for tropical cyclone wind alerts, Sign No. 2 is in impact for extra areas as of 11 pm on Tuesday. However there are a couple of areas not beneath a wind sign as Leon is usually shifting upward.

Sign No. 2

Gale-force winds (62 to 88 km/h), minor to average menace to life and property

• Batanes
• Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands
• northern and japanese components of Isabela (Santo Tomas, Santa Maria, Quezon, San Mariano, Naguilian, Dinapigue, Delfin Albano, San Pablo, Ilagan Metropolis, Benito Soliven, Tumauini, Cabagan, Palanan, Quirino, Divilacan, Gamu, Mallig, Maconacon, Burgos, Cauayan Metropolis, San Guillermo, Angadanan, Cabatuan, Luna, Reina Mercedes, Roxas, Aurora, San Manuel)
• Apayao
• Kalinga
• northern and japanese components of Abra (Tineg, Lacub, Malibcong, Lagayan, San Juan, Lagangilang, Licuan-Baay, Daguioman)
• japanese a part of Mountain Province (Paracelis)
• Ilocos Norte

Sign No. 1

Robust winds (39 to 61 km/h), minimal to minor menace to life and property

• remainder of Isabela
• Quirino
• Nueva Vizcaya
• remainder of Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• remainder of Abra
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• japanese a part of Nueva Ecija (Common Tinio, Gabaldon, Bongabon, Carranglan, Pantabangan, Laur, Rizal)
• Aurora
• northern a part of Quezon (Infanta, Common Nakar) together with Polillo Islands
• Camarines Norte
• northern a part of Camarines Sur (Siruma, Tinambac, Lagonoy, Garchitorena, Caramoan)
• northern and japanese components of Catanduanes (Pandan, Gigmoto, Bagamanoc, Panganiban, Viga, Baras, Caramoran)

The highest attainable tropical cyclone wind sign as a result of Leon is both Sign No. 3 or 4, “particularly in Batanes and Babuyan Islands.” However PAGASA isn’t ruling out the elevating of Sign No. 5 if Leon reaches tremendous storm standing.

“The wind circulation coming in direction of the circulation” of the storm is bringing robust to gale-force gusts to localities outdoors wind sign areas, too:

Wednesday, October 30

• Bataan, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, most of Visayas, Dinagat Islands

Thursday, October 31

• Aurora, Quezon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Dinagat Islands

As well as, PAGASA warned Batanes and Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands that they face a average to excessive threat of “life-threatening” storm surges “reaching 2 to three meters above regular tide ranges” within the subsequent 48 hours.

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The climate bureau maintained the next forecast for sea situations within the subsequent 24 hours:

As much as very tough or excessive seas (journey is dangerous for all vessels)

• Seaboards of Batanes, Babuyan Islands, and northeastern mainland Cagayan – waves as much as 10 meters excessive
• Remaining japanese seaboard of mainland Cagayan – waves as much as 8 meters excessive
• Seaboards of Isabela; remaining northern seaboard of mainland Cagayan – waves as much as 7 meters excessive
• Northern seaboard of Ilocos Norte – waves as much as 6 meters excessive
• Seaboard of northern Aurora; northern seaboard of Catanduanes – waves as much as 4.5 meters excessive

As much as tough seas (small vessels mustn’t enterprise out to sea)

• Remaining seaboard of Ilocos Norte; northern and japanese seaboards of Polillo Islands; seaboard of Camarines Norte; northern seaboard of Camarines Sur; japanese seaboard of Catanduanes – waves as much as 4 meters excessive
• Seaboard of Ilocos Sur; japanese seaboards of Albay and Sorsogon; northern and japanese seaboards of Northern Samar – waves as much as 3.5 meters excessive
• Jap seaboard of mainland Quezon, Camarines Sur, Jap Samar, and Dinagat Islands; remaining seaboards of Ilocos Area – waves as much as 3 meters excessive

As much as average seas (small vessels ought to take precautionary measures or keep away from crusing, if attainable)

• Seaboards of Zambales, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Davao Oriental, and Kalayaan Islands – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive
• Remaining seaboards of Luzon and Visayas; northern seaboard of Mindanao – waves as much as 2 meters excessive

After crossing Taiwan, Leon is predicted to move for the East China Sea and exit PAR on Thursday night or early Friday morning, November 1.

PAGASA mentioned one other landfall in mainland China isn’t being dominated out.

Leon is the Philippines’ twelfth tropical cyclone for 2024, and the second for October. – Rappler.com