A year after Haiyan, Another super typhoon named Hagupit, has been hitting the Philippines. It has a maximum sustained winds of 250kph and gust up to 305kph and changed to 175kph when it made it's landfall on north Samar island.
A still-developing country is near to calamities. Filipino must be organized and well prepared for calamities because every year, A
Déjà vu of the past, awakens them.
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MANILA (UPDATED) - Tropical cyclone Ruby (international name Hagupit) regained strength Friday and is again a supertyphoon, according to the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Watch Center (JTWC).
The tropical cyclone was packing 1-minute average maximum sustained winds in excess of 240 kilometers per hour (kph) and 296 kph gusts, the US military weather agency said.
The JTWC expects Ruby to reach its peak on Saturday with 250 kph sustained winds and 305 kph gusts.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center in the Asia-Pacific, agrees with the JTWC's estimates.
It raised Ruby's status again to a "violent typhoon," the highest category. The JTWC said the tropical cyclone was packing 10-minute average maximum sustained winds of around 194 kph and gusts reaching more than 277 kph.
According to US weather forecasters, Ruby underwent an eyewall replacement cycle, which caused it to weaken temporarily.
The tropical cyclone reintensified again after it gained a new eyewall Friday.
Its predicted track of Ruby, however, differs with other agencies. The JTWC expects the typhoon to make landfall north of Samar island, and make its way across the Bicol region, Calabarzon, and just south of Metro Manila before exiting Manila Bay and into the West Philippine Sea.
SIGNAL NO. 3 RAISED OVER SAMAR PROVINCES
State weather bureau PAGASA, in its latest bulletin issued 5 a.m. Saturday, raised public storm warning signal number 3 over Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Samar provinces.
PAGASA said the 3 areas will experience winds of between 101-185 kph in at least 18 hours.
"Residents in low lying and mountainous areas are alerted against flashfloods and landslides. Likewise, those living along the coast are warned on the occurrence of big waves associated with storm surge which may reach up to 4.5 meters," the weather bureau warned.
Public storm warning signal number 2 was raised over the following areas: Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Ticao Island, Biliran, Leyte, Southern Leyte, northern Cebu, Cebu City, Bantayan Island, Camotes Island, Dinagat Province.
Public storm warning signal number 1 was hoisted over Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Burias Island, Romblon, Southern Quezon, Marinduque, Capiz, Iloilo, Antique, Guimaras, Aklan, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, rest of Cebu, Siquijor, Bohol, Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Siargao Island, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Camiguin.
PAGASA said typhoon Ruby was still packing 195 kph maximum sustained winds near the center and gusts of up to 230 kph.
It expects the tropical cyclone to make landfall Sunday morning over the Eastern Samar-Northern Samar area.
PAGASA warned that the typhoon will bring storm surges of up to 4.5 meters (or almost 15 feet high) and heavy to intense rainfall within its 600 kilometer diameter.
The typhoon was last spotted 240 km east-northeast of Borongan, Eastern Samar and is moving west at 10 kph. It is expected to be 45 km north of Borongan, Eastern Samar Sunday morning and will leave the Philippine area of responsibility only around Wednesday.
PAGASA said Ruby and the northeast monsoon will cause dangerous sea conditions over the seaboards of northern Luzon, the eastern seaboard of central and southern Luzon, seaboards of Visayas and in northern and eastern seaboards of Mindanao.
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