Philippines: PAGASA Says Typhoon In-Fa Has Strengthened to 130 km/h and Remains Outside Its Area on November 4, With Flood and Landslide Risk in Bicol
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in its 4 a.m. forecast on November 4 that Typhoon In-Fa (international number 2631) was located at 3 a.m. some 1,770 kilometres east-northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon, at 23.9 degrees north and 138.7 degrees east, packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometres per hour near the centre and gusts of up to 160 kph, moving north-northwestward at 10 kph. In-Fa remains outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility and is not directly affecting the country's weather, and no tropical cyclone wind signal is in effect. When GSM reported on November 3, In-Fa was a severe tropical storm at 110 kph located about 1,870 kilometres east of Extreme Northern Luzon; it has since intensified into a typhoon while moving away.
Two weather systems are shaping conditions across the Philippines on November 4: the easterlies, moisture-laden winds from the Pacific, and the northeast monsoon, known locally as amihan. PAGASA forecasts cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Quezon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur and Catanduanes in the Bicol Region, with moderate to at times heavy rainfall and a risk of flash floods and landslides, making Bicol the area facing the greatest hazards today.
The northeast monsoon is bringing isolated light rains to the Ilocos Region, the Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley in Northern Luzon. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms, particularly in the afternoon and evening, and PAGASA advised the public to monitor its official updates.
Source: 菲律宾大气地球物理和天文服务管理局
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