TS Amang maintains strength; rain, gusty winds expected during papal encounter at UST

Published January 18, 2015 5:42am

Tropical Storm Amang maintained its strength and will likely bring occasional rain and gusty winds to Metro Manila Sunday morning during a scheduled encounter with Pope Francis at the University of Santo Tomas campus.

Weather service PAGASA's Sunday morning bulletin said that Amang was 45 km northwest of Catarman, Northern Samar at 4 a.m.; with maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gusts of up to 100 kph.

Amang was moving northwest at 15 kph, and was projected to be 100 kms northeast Infanta, Quezon Monday morning; 120 kms east-southeast of Aparri, Cagayan Tuesday morning; and 245 kms east-northeast of Basco, Batanes Wednesday morning.

Public Storm Warning Signal Number 2,was up over:

Catanduanes,
Albay,
Camarines Sur,
Camarines Norte,
Quezon including Polillo Island,
Sorsogon,
Masbate,
Aurora,
Marinduque,
Burias Island including Ticao Island,
Northern Samar,
the northern part of Eastern Samar, and
the northern part of Samar.

Signal No. 1 was, meanwhile, up over:

Metro Manila,
Cavite,
Laguna,
Rizal,
Batangas,
Bulacan,
Nueva Ecija,
Nueva Viscaya,
Ifugao,
Quirino,
Isabela,
Oriental Mindoro and Romblon,
the rest of Samar,
the rest of Eastern Samar, and
Biliran.

Low lying and mountainous areas under a storm signal are warned against flash floods and landslides.,

Also, small seacraft are warned against sailing over the seaboards of Luzon, the Visayas, and the eastern seaboard of Mindanao. — Joel Locsin/DVM, GMA News

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