‘Leon’ now a destructive super typhoon - PAGASA
Metro Manila, Philippines — Cyclone ‘Leon’ has intensified into a destructive super typhoon, the weather bureau said on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
Based on the 11 a.m. bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Batanes and the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands are under wind signal 3.
The following are under Signal 2:
+ the rest of Babuyan Islands
+ the rest of mainland Cagayan
+ northern and eastern portions of Isabela
+ Apayao
+ Kalinga
+ northern and eastern portions of Abra
+ eastern portion of Mountain Province
+ Ilocos Norte
Signal 1, meanwhile, is up in:
+ the rest of Isabela
+ Quirino
+ Nueva Vizcaya
+ the rest of Mountain Province
+ Ifugao, Benguet
+ rest of Abra
+ Ilocos Sur
+ La Union
+ Pangasinan
+ Nueva Ecija
+ Aurora
+ northeastern portion of Tarlac
+ northern portion of Bulacan
+ northern portion of Quezon including Polillo Islands
+ Camarines Norte
+ northern portion of Camarines Sur
+ northern and eastern portions of Catanduanes
PAGASA said areas under signal 3, including Cagayan, may encounter intense to torrential (more than 200 millimeters) rainfall.
It said heavy to intense rains, or about 100 to 200 millimeters, may occur in Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Isabela, and Occidental Mindoro.
Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, Benguet, La Union, Pangasinan, Calamian Islands, Negros Occidental, and Antique may have moderate to heavy rains or about 50 to 100 millimeters.
PAGASA said Leon was last spotted 350 kilometers east of Calayan, Cagayan, with 185 kilometers per hour (kph) maximum sustained winds and gusts of up to 230 kph.
