Ambo makes landfall over Burias Island, further weakens

Typhoon Ambo has made landfall over Burias Island and continues to weaken, PAGASA reported in the 5 a.m. Severe Weather Bulletin.

The typhoon is forecast to move towards the Ragay Gulf before making landfall over the Bondoc Peninsula in Southern Quezon on Friday morning.

The past landfalls are: San Policarpo, Eastern Samar (12:15 PM yesterday); Dalupiri Island, Northern Samar (10:15 PM yesterday); Capul Island, Northern Samar (10:30 PM yesterday); Ticao Island, Masbate (12:00 AM today); and Burias Island, Masbate (3:00 AM today).

On Friday, moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Bicol Region, Quezon, Aurora, and Marinduque.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 is hoisted over the following areas:

• Sorsogon
• Albay
• Northern Masbate (Aroroy, Mandaon, Milagros, Baleno, Masbate City, Mobo, Uson) including Ticao and Burias Islands
• Camarines Norte
• the western portion of Camarines Sur (Del Gallego, Ragay, Lupi, Sipocot, Libmanan, Cabusao, Pasacao, Pamplona, Gainza, Camaligan, Canaman, Magarao, Bombon, Calabanga, Tinambac, Siruma, Goa, Naga City, Milaor, San Fernando, Minalabac, Pili, Ocampo, Tigaon, Sagñay, Buhi, Iriga City, Baao, Bula, Balatan, Nabua, Bato)
• the southern portion of Quezon (Pagbilao, Atimonan, Padre Burgos, Agdangan, Plaridel, Unisan, Gumaca, Pitogo, Perez, Alabat, Quezon, Tagkawayan, Calauag, Lopez, Macalelon, General Luna, Catanauan, Buenavista, Guinayangan, Mulanay, San Narciso, San Andres, San Francisco)

TCWS No. 2 is raised over:

Luzon

• Nueva Vizcaya
• Quirino,
• Aurora
• Nueva Ecija
• Tarlac
• Pampanga
• Bulacan
• Metro Manila
• Rizal
• Laguna
• Cavite
• Batangas
• the rest of Quezon
• the rest of Masbate
• the rest of Camarines Sur
• Catanduanes
• the eastern portion of Romblon (Banton, Corcuera, Calatrava, San Agustin, Romblon, Magdiwang, San Fernando, Cajidiocan)

Visayas

• The western portion of Northern Samar (San Vicente, Capul, San Antonio, Allen, Victoria, San Isidro, Biri, Lavezares, Rosario, San Jose)

TCWS Signal No. 1 is hoisted over:

Luzon

• Cagayan including Babuyan Islands
• Isabela
• Ilocos Norte
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• Pangasinan
• Apayao
• Kalinga
• Abra
• Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• Zambales
• Bataan
• Oriental Mindoro
• the rest of Romblon

Visayas

• The rest of Northern Samar,
• the extreme northern portion of Eastern Samar (Jipapad, Arteche, Maslog)
• the northern portion of Samar (Calbayog City, Tagapul-an, Almagro, Sto. Niño. Tarangnan, Sta. Margarita, Gandara, Pagsanghan, San Jorge, San Jose de Buan, Matuguinao)
• Biliran
• the extreme northwestern portion of Leyte (Calubian, San Isidro)
• the extreme northeastern portion of Capiz (Pilar, Panay, Roxas, Ivisan)
• the northeastern portion of Iloilo (Carles, Balasan, Estancia, Batad)

Residents in these areas are advised to take appropriate measures, coordinate with local disaster risk reduction and management offices, and continue monitoring for updates, especially the local rainfall or thunderstorm advisories and heavy rainfall warnings from PAGASA Regional Services Divisions (PRSD).

Flooding and rain-induced landslides may occur in highly to very highly susceptible areas during heavy or prolonged rainfall.

In the next 24 hours, storm surge height of up to 2.0 meters may be experienced over the coastal areas of Bicol Region, Quezon, and Aurora which may result to potentially life-threatening coastal inundation.

Sea travel is risky for all types of seacrafts over the seaboards of areas under TCWS.

As of 4 a.m., the eye of Typhoon Ambo was located at in the vicinity of Claveria, Masbate (Burias Island) packing maximum sustained winds of 125 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 165 kph and moving northwestward at 15 kph. 

On Saturday, moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Aurora, and the northern portion of Nueva Ecija. -- BAP, GMA News