The northern and eastern portions of Batanes covering the towns of Itbayat and Basco were placed under tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) no. 5 late
The northern and eastern portions of Batanes covering the towns of Itbayat and Basco were placed under tropical cyclone wind signal no. 5 late Wednesday evening after Super Typhoon ‘Leon’ became “violent” while moving closer to extreme northern Luzon.
PAGASA said ‘Leon’ is forecast to move northwestward over the Philippine Sea until it makes a landfall along the eastern coast of Taiwan by Thursday afternoon. A second landfall over mainland China is also possible in the coming days. PAGASA said the rest of Batanes remain under TCWS no. 4 while the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands and the northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan was under TCWS no. 3. Wind signals were also raised in the following areas of Luzon:
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