TYPHOON Tisoy is expected to make landfall over Sorsogon in the next three hours after it intensified further Monday evening, December 2.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that as of 8 p.m. Monday, the typhoon is bringing violent winds over Northern Samar, Catanduanes, Albay, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon.
The typhoon's center was located as of 7 p.m. Monday at 90 kilometers east of Juban, Sorsogon, packing maximum winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour (km/h) near the center and gusts of up to 230 km/h.
It is moving west at 20 km/h, said Pagasa.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) Number 3 was hoisted over the following areas:
* Catanduanes
* Camarines Sur
* Albay
* Sorsogon
* Camarines Norte
* Masbate including Ticao and Burias Islands
* Romblon
* Southern portion of Quezon (Perez, Alabat, Quezon, Mauban, Sampaloc, Lucban, Tayabas, Pagbilao, Lucena, Sariaya, Candelaria, Dolores, Tiaong, San Antonio, Atimonan, Padre Burgos, Agdangan, Plaridel, Unisan, Pitogo, Gumaca, Lopez, Macalelon, General Luna, Calauag, Guinayangan, Tagkawayan, Buenavista, Mulanay, San Narciso, San Francisco, San Andres)
* Marinduque
* Oriental Mindoro
* Southern portion of Batangas (San Juan, Padre Garcia, Ibaan, Batangas City, Rosario, Taysan, Lobo)
* Northern Samar
* Northern portion of Eastern Samar (Can-avid, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, Arteche, Jipapad, San Policarpio)
* Northern portion of Samar (Catbalogan, Jiabong, Motiong, Paranas, San Jose de Buan, San Jorge, Pagsanghan, Tarangnan, Sta. Margarita, Gandara, Matuguinao, Calbayog, Tagapul-an, Almagro, Sto. Niño)
TCWS Number 2 has been raised over Metro Manila, Bulacan, Bataan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, southern Aurora (Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler, San Luis, Dingalan), Cavite, rest of Batangas, Laguna, Rizal, rest of Quezon including Polillo Islands, Occidental Mindoro, Calamian Islands, Zambales, Cuyo Islands, Pangasinan Rest of Eastern Samar, rest of Samar, Biliran, Aklan, Capiz, Antique, Iloilo, northern portion of Negros Occidental ( Talisay, Calatrava, Silay, Enrique B. Magalona, Victorias, Manapla, Cadiz, Sagay, Escalante, Toboso, Bacolod, Murcia, Salvador Benedicto, San Carlos, Bago, Pulupandan, Valladolid, La Carlota, San Enrique, Pontevedra, La Castellana, Moises Padilla), Northern Cebu (Daanbantayan, Bantayan, Madridejos, Santa Fe, Medellin, Bogo City, San Remigio, Tabogon, Tabuelan, Tuburan, Carmen Borbon, Sogod, Catmon, Asturias, and Camotes Islands), northern portion of Leyte ( Baybay, Mahaplag, Abuyog, Javier, Macarthur, Mayorga, La Paz, Dulag, Albuera, barauen, Julita, Tolosa, Tanauan, Tabontabon, Dagami, Pastrana, Palo, Sta. Fe, Tacloban, Alangalang, Jaro, Babatngon, San Miguel, Barugo, Tunga, Carigara, Capoocan, Leyte, Calubian, San Isidro, Tabango, Villaba, Kananga, Matag-ob, Palompon, Isabel, Merida, Ormoc), and Guimaras.
TCWS Number 1 was raised over Southern Isabela (Palanan, Dinapigue, San Mariano, San Guillermo, Benito Soliven, Naguilian, Reina Mercedes, Luna, Aurora, Cabatuan, San Mateo, Cauayan City, Alicia, Angadanan, Ramon, San Isidro, Echague, Cordon, Santiago City, Jones and San Agustin), Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Quirino, rest of Aurora, northern portion of Palawan (Taytay, Araceli, Dumaran, San Vicente, Roxas) Rest of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Bohol, Siquijor, rest of Cebu, rest Leyte, and Southern Leyte Dinagat Islands and Siargao Island.
Pagasa said that between Monday night and Tuesday morning, frequent to continuous heavy to intense rains will be experienced over Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Southern Quezon, Marinduque, and Romblon, and frequent to continuous heavy rains over Samar, Eastern Samar, Rizal, rest of Quezon, Laguna, and Oriental Mindoro.
Moderate to intermittent heavy rains will be experienced over Metro Manila, Occidental Mindoro, rest of Calabarzon, Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, and the rest of Eastern Visayas, it added.
Between Tuesday morning and evening, frequent to continuous heavy to intense rains will be experienced over Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Mindoro Provinces, Marinduque, and Romblon, while occasional to frequent heavy rains will be experienced over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Calamian Islands, said Pagasa.
Intermittent heavy rains will be experienced over Aklan, Capiz, and northern Antique, it added.
The weather bureau advised residents in the aforementioned areas, especially those living in areas identified to be highly or very highly susceptible to flooding and rain-induced landslides, to take appropriate actions, coordinate with local disaster risk reduction and management offices, and continue monitoring for updates.
It also said that more than three-meter storm surge might also occur in several coastal areas in Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur; and up to three meters over several coastal areas in Batangas, Quezon, Albay, and Marinduque.
It also warned the public that sea travel is risky over the seaboards of areas under TCWS, the seaboards of northern Luzon, the western seaboard of Palawan, central seaboards of Visayas, and the northern and eastern seaboards of Mindanao due to prevailing or forecast rough sea conditions which may be perilous for maritime activities, especially for those using small seacrafts.
"Gusty conditions may also be experienced in areas in northern Luzon that are not under any TCWS (especially in the coastal and mountainous zones) due to the Northeast Monsoon," it said. (LMY/SunStar Philippines)