Severe Tropical Storm #OpongPH made its fifth landfall in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro at 11:30 a.m. Friday, September 26, 2025, before moving into the Mindoro Strait and towards the West Philippine Sea, according to PAGASA.

The storm first struck San Policarpo, Eastern Samar late Thursday night as a typhoon. 

It then crossed Masbate early Friday, making two landfalls in Palanas and Milagros. Three people were killed and 10 others were injured in the province, while a series of tremors were recorded across the island.

It later made another landfall in San Fernando, Sibuyan Island and Alcantara, Tablas Island in Romblon later in the morning.

At 1 p.m., Opong was in the vicinity of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour near the center, gusts of up to 150 km/h, and moving west at 20 km/h. 

PAGASA said the storm may regain typhoon strength within the next 12 hours as it tracks over the West Philippine Sea and could leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility by afternoon on Saturday, September 27.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 was still in effect over Batangas, Marinduque, Romblon, Mindoro provinces, and the Calamian Islands, as well as parts of Aklan and Antique.