MANILA, Philippines — Signal No. 2 has been raised in Isabela as the 900km-wide Typhoon "Ompong" (international name: Mangkhut) begins to make its wrath felt in northern Luzon Thursday night.
State weather bureau PAGASA said Ompong continues to threaten northern Luzon as it moves westward at a slightly slower pace of 20 kilometers per hour and still packing maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 255 kilometers per hour.
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As of 10 p.m., Ompong is expected to make landfall at Cagayan-Isabela on Saturday morning.
The center of Ompong was estimated to be 485 km East of Northeast of Virac, Cantanduanes.
During their earlier briefing, PAGASA said that for Tropical Storm Ondoy in 2009, the observed rainfall within 24 hours in Quezon City was 455 mm while for Ompong, the predicted rainfall in Baguio will be 550.9 mm.
The areas under Signal No. 1 as of 10 p.m. were:
- Batanes
- Cagayan including Babuyan group of Islands
- Apayao
- Abra
- Kalinga
- Mountain Province
- Ifugao
- Benguet
- Pangasinan
- La Union
- Ilocos Norte
- Ilocos Sur
- Quirino
- Nueva Vizcaya
- Nueva Ecija
- Bulacan
- Rizal
- Metro Manila
- Cavite
- Batangas
- Laguna
- Quezon including Polillo Island
- Northern Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island
- Northern Oriental Mindoro
- Masbate
- Marinduque
- Camarines Norte
- Camarines Sur
- Catanduanes
- Albay
- Sorsogon
- Burias and Ticao island
For more updates: Live updates: Typhoon Ompong