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Ruby makes second landfall, seven areas under Signal No. 3

Published December 7, 2014 11:32am

(Updated 2:30 p.m.) Typhoon Ruby (international name: Hagupit) made its second landfall in Cataingan, Masbate on Sunday, weather service PAGASA said.

The state weather agency said Ruby was located at 20 kilometers east of Cataingan in Masbate at 10:00 am.

Ruby slightly weakened, was moving with maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 170 kph.

Ruby at 4:00 a.m. was moving 160 kph of maximum winds and gusts of up to 195 kilometers.

The typhoon is expected to move west Northwest at 15 kph. It is expected to make its third landfall on Sibuyan Island between 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday and will be "associated with strong winds, storm surge and heavy torrential rainfall."

PAGASA said the estimated rainfall amount is 10 to 30 millimeters per hour within the 500 kilometer diameter of the typhoon.

As of 1p.m., Storm Signal No. 3 was up over:

Masbate

Ticao Island

Sorsogon

Albay including Burias Island

Romblon

Northern Samar

Samar

Storm Signal No. 2 was up over:

Catanduanes

Camarines Sur

Camarines Norte

Southern Quezon

Batangas including Lubang Island

Cavite

Laguna

Marinduque

Oriental Mindoro

Occidental Mindoro

Aklan

Capiz

Northern Cebu including Cebu City

Bantayan Island

Eastern Samar

Biliran

Leyte

Southern Leyte

Storm Signal No. 1 was up over:

Rizal

Rest of Quezon

Pampanga

Bulacan

Nueva Ecija

Zambales

Bataan

Northern Palawan

Metro Manila

Antique

Iloilo

Negros Occidental

Negros Oriental

Guimaras

Rest of Cebu

Bohol

Dinagat Province

Siargao Island

Rain concentration

In its 11 a.m. update, Project NOAH indicated rain was concentrated in the northern part of Central Visayas as Ruby moves westward.

It said, heavy to Intense rainfall was concentrated in:

Coastal Rd, Iloilo

Bacolod City

Negros Occ

Roxas, Capiz

Catmon, Cebu

Logon, Cebu

Tabogon, Cebu

Allen, N Samar

Buscada, N Samar

Light to moderate rain in other parts of Panay, Bohol, Leyte, Negros Oriental, Samar, Northern and Eastern Samar, and Bicol region.

Bacolod City, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes were experiencing "torrential" rain, it said in an update at about 12:30 p.m.

Albay mud flow

Kalsada sa Brgy. Maipon Guinobatan, Albay, niragasa ng mudflow dahil sa walang tigil na pag-ulan. | via @allangatus pic.twitter.com/FuqzL7eRrZ

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) December 7, 2014

Over the weekend, Ruby's heavy rain triggered mund flow that covered some roads in Albay, rendering them impassable.

In Guinobatan town, a road section in Barangay Maipon looked more like a river due to the heavy mud flow, radio dzBB's Allan Gatus reported.

—Kathryn Mae Tubadeza with a report from CP David/NB/LBG, GMA News

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