Signal No. 2 still up in Kalayaan Islands as Tino further intensifies

Signal No. 2 is still up over the Kalayaan Islands as Typhoon Tino further intensified while traversing the West Philippine Sea.

At 10 p.m., Tino was observed 225 km northeast of Pag-asa Island, Kalayaan, Palawan, carrying maximum sustained winds of 150 km/h near the center and gusts of up to 185 km/h. It was moving west northwestward at 25 km/h.

Based on PAGASA’s 11 p.m. tropical cyclone bulletin, Signal No. 1 was hoisted throughout the rest of Palawan, including the Calamian Islands.

“Severe winds may still be experienced in localities outside the forecast confidence cone,” PAGASA said.

A gale warning is also in effect over the seaboards of the Kalayaan Islands.

PAGASA said the storm is expected to continue moving west northwestward over the West Philippine Sea and exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning.

“Tino will continue to intensify and may reach its peak intensity while over the West Philippine Sea,” it added. —Mariel Celine Serquiña/VBL, GMA Integrated News