Emong weakens into severe tropical storm, Signal no. 3 up in 9 areas
In its 8 a.m. bulletin, state weather bureau PAGASA raised the following Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals:
Signal No. 3
locos Norte
Ilocos Sur
The northern portion of La Union (Bangar, Sudipen, Balaoan, Luna, Santol, Bacnotan, San Gabriel, Bagulin, San Juan, City of San Fernando)
Apayao
Abra
The western portion of Kalinga (Balbalan, Pasil, Tinglayan, Lubuagan)
The western portion of Mountain Province (Besao, Tadian, Sagada, Bauko, Sabangan, Bontoc, Sadanga)
The northwestern portion of Benguet (Mankayan, Bakun, Kibungan, Kapangan)
The northern and western portions of Cagayan (Santa Praxedes, Claveria, Sanchez-Mira, Pamplona, Abulug, Ballesteros, Rizal, Lasam, Allacapan, Aparri)
Signal No. 2
Batanes
The rest of mainland Cagayan including Babuyan Islands
The northern and western portions of Isabela (Cordon, City of Santiago, Ramon, San Isidro, Alicia, San Mateo, Cabatuan, San Manuel, Luna, Aurora, Burgos, Roxas, Quirino, Mallig, Delfin Albano, Quezon, Cabagan, Santa Maria, San Pablo, Maconacon, Santo Tomas, Tumauini, Gamu, Ilagan City, City of Cauayan, Reina Mercedes, Naguilian)
The northwestern portion of Quirino (Diffun)
The western and central portions of Nueva Vizcaya (Kayapa, Santa Fe, Ambaguio, Aritao, Bambang, Bayombong, Villaverde, Solano, Bagabag, Dupax del Sur, Dupax del Norte, Kasibu, Quezon, Diadi)
The rest of Kalinga
The rest of Mountain Province
Ifugao, the rest of Benguet
The rest of La Union and the northwestern portion of Pangasinan (Bolinao, Anda)
Signal No. 1
The rest of Pangasinan, the rest of Isabel
The rest of Quirino
The rest of Nueva Vizcaya
The northern and central portions of Aurora (Dilasag, Casiguran, Dinalungan, Dipaculao)
The northern portion of Nueva Ecija (Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Guimba, Talugtug, Science City of Muñoz, San Jose City, Lupao, Carranglan, Pantabangan)
The northern portion of Tarlac (San Clemente, Camiling, Moncada, San Manuel, Anao, Paniqui, Santa Ignacia, Mayantoc, San Jose, City of Tarlac, Victoria, Pura, Gerona, Ramos)
The northern portion of Zambales (Santa Cruz, Candelaria, Masinloc, Palauig, Iba)
Emong was last spotted in the vicinity of San Isidro, Abra, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 kilometer per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 165 kph.
It was moving north northeastward at 25 kph.
'EMONG has made landfall in the vicinity of Candon City,Ilocos Sur at 5:10 AM today. Based on the forecast track, it will cross the mountainous terrain of Northern Luzon and emerge over the Babuyan Channel before noon,' PAGASA said.
'EMONG will then move northeastward and pass close or over Babuyan Islands between this noon and afternoon. It may also pass near Batanes between this afternoon or evening and will continue moving north northeastward until it exits the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) tomorrow (26 July) morning or noon,' it added. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
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