Hurricane Uwan maintains power because it begins transferring over West Philippine Sea

Hurricane Uwan (Fung-wong) is positioned 125 kilometers west northwest of Bacnotan, La Union, as of seven am on Monday, November 10

MANILA, Philippines – Hurricane Uwan (Fung-wong) maintained its power over the West Philippine Sea on Monday morning, November 9, round three hours after leaving the landmass of Luzon.

In a briefing previous 8 am on Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA) mentioned Uwan nonetheless has most sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour, whereas its gustiness eased from 230 km/h to 185 km/h.

The hurricane was final noticed 125 kilometers west northwest of Bacnotan, La Union, at 7 am. It slowed down additional, transferring west northwest at 20 km/h from 25 km/h.

On the time of its landfall in Dinalungan, Aurora, at 9:10 pm on Sunday, November 9, Uwan was an excellent hurricane with most sustained winds of 185 km/h, its peak depth. As anticipated, it weakened right into a hurricane early Monday whereas crossing Northern Luzon’s mountainous terrain.

Climate was starting to enhance in some areas on Monday morning, though PAGASA warned a lot of Luzon that Uwan remains to be bringing rain within the coming hours. Probably the most affected areas embody:

• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 millimeters): La Union, Pangasinan, Benguet, Zambales
• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Bataan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Occidental Mindoro

Western Visayas and different areas in Luzon not listed above should still have some rain with gusty winds because of the hurricane on Monday, whereas the remainder of the Visayas may see scattered rain and thunderstorms due to Uwan’s trough or extension. Floods and landslides stay doable.

Mindanao, not affected by the hurricane, might simply expertise localized thunderstorms.

Tropical cyclone wind alerts have additionally been downgraded for a lot of areas, however given Uwan’s giant dimension, wind alerts can’t be lifted but. Listed below are the areas lined as of 8 am on Monday:

Sign No. 4

Hurricane-force winds (118 to 184 km/h), vital to extreme risk to life and property

• western a part of Nueva Vizcaya (Kayapa, Santa Fe)
• western a part of Mountain Province (Besao, Tadian, Sagada, Bauko, Sabangan)
• southern a part of Abra (Tubo, Luba, Villaviciosa, Pilar, Manabo, San Isidro, San Quintin, Pidigan)
• western a part of Ifugao (Hungduan, Tinoc)
• Benguet
• central and southern components of Ilocos Sur (Narvacan, Nagbukel, Santa Maria, Burgos, San Esteban, Santiago, Banayoyo, Lidlidda, San Emilio, Quirino, Cervantes, Gregorio del Pilar, Sigay, Suyo, Alilem, Salcedo, Galimuyod, Candon Metropolis, Santa Lucia, Santa Cruz, Tagudin, Sugpon)
• La Union
• northern and western components of Pangasinan (Lingayen, Alaminos Metropolis, Anda, San Fabian, Mangaldan, Mapandan, Burgos, Dagupan Metropolis, Binalonan, Bolinao, Sual, Labrador, Bani, Pozorrubio, Laoac, Mabini, Manaoag, Binmaley, San Jacinto, Bugallon, Infanta, Agno, Calasiao, Santa Barbara, Dasol, Sison, San Nicolas, San Manuel)

Sign No. 3

Storm-force winds (89 to 117 km/h), reasonable to vital risk to life and property

• western a part of Isabela (Alicia, San Mateo, Aurora, Quezon, Ramon, Roxas, Luna, Santiago Metropolis, San Manuel, Cabatuan, San Isidro, Mallig, Cordon)
• southern a part of Apayao (Kabugao, Conner)
• Kalinga
• remainder of Ifugao
• remainder of Abra
• remainder of Mountain Province
• northwestern a part of Quirino (Cabarroguis, Diffun, Saguday, Aglipay)
• southern a part of Ilocos Norte (Nueva Period, Solsona, Dingras, Marcos, Banna, Batac Metropolis, Paoay, Currimao, Pinili, Badoc)
• remainder of Ilocos Sur
• remainder of Pangasinan
• remainder of Nueva Vizcaya
• northern a part of Nueva Ecija (Cuyapo, Talavera, Santo Domingo, Rizal, Llanera, Guimba, Pantabangan, Science Metropolis of Muñoz, Carranglan, Quezon, San Jose Metropolis, Lupao, Nampicuan, Talugtug, Licab)
• northern and central components of Tarlac (Paniqui, Moncada, Tarlac Metropolis, San Jose, Gerona, Mayantoc, Pura, San Clemente, Santa Ignacia, Victoria, Camiling, Ramos, San Manuel, Anao)
• northern a part of Zambales (Iba, Palauig, Masinloc, Candelaria, Santa Cruz)

Sign No. 2

Gale-force winds (62 to 88 km/h), minor to reasonable risk to life and property

• Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands
• remainder of Isabela
• remainder of Quirino
• remainder of Apayao
• remainder of Ilocos Norte
• Aurora
• remainder of Nueva Ecija
• remainder of Tarlac
• remainder of Zambales
• Pampanga
• Bulacan
• Bataan
• northern and central components of Quezon (Pitogo, Buenavista, Lucena Metropolis, Calauag, Pagbilao, Infanta, Tiaong, Lopez, Catanauan, Guinayangan, Unisan, Normal Luna, Plaridel, Quezon, San Antonio, Alabat, Candelaria, Lucban, Sampaloc, Padre Burgos, Sariaya, Tayabas Metropolis, Macalelon, Mauban, Dolores, Perez, Agdangan, Gumaca, Atimonan, Actual, Tagkawayan, Normal Nakar) together with Polillo Islands
• Metro Manila
• Rizal
• Laguna
• Cavite
• Batangas
• northern a part of Marinduque (Santa Cruz, Boac, Gasan, Mogpog)
• northern a part of Oriental Mindoro (Naujan, Calapan Metropolis, Baco, Puerto Galera, San Teodoro)
• northern a part of Occidental Mindoro (Abra de Ilog, Paluan, Mamburao, Santa Cruz) together with Lubang Islands
• western a part of Camarines Norte (Santa Elena, Labo, Capalonga, Paracale, Jose Panganiban)

Sign No. 1

Robust winds (39 to 61 km/h), minimal to minor risk to life and property

• Batanes
• northern a part of Palawan (Taytay, Dumaran, El Nido, Araceli) together with Calamian Islands and Cuyo Islands
• remainder of Camarines Norte
• Camarines Sur
• Catanduanes
• Albay
• Sorsogon
• western and central components of Masbate (Uson, Dimasalang, Masbate Metropolis, Mobo, Cawayan, Palanas, Aroroy, Balud, Mandaon, Milagros, Baleno) together with Ticao Island and Burias Island
• Romblon
• remainder of Oriental Mindoro
• remainder of Occidental Mindoro
• remainder of Marinduque
• remainder of Quezon
• northwestern a part of Northern Samar (Rosario, Biri, San Isidro, Capul, San Vicente, Victoria, Lavezares, San Antonio, San Jose, Allen, Bobon)
• northern a part of Iloilo (Lambunao, Calinog, Bingawan, Passi Metropolis, San Enrique, Dueñas, San Rafael, Lemery, Sara, Batad, Balasan, Carles, San Dionisio, Estancia)
• Capiz
• Aklan
• northern and central components of Vintage (Pandan, Libertad, Sebaste, Culasi, Valderrama, Tibiao, Barbaza, Laua-an, Bugasong, Patnongon) together with Caluya Islands

Sign No. 5 was the very best tropical cyclone wind sign raised as a consequence of Uwan.

Uwan can also deliver occasional gusts even to areas not beneath wind alerts right here:

Monday, November 10

• Palawan, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Dinagat Islands, Soccsksargen, Davao Occidental, Davao Oriental

Tuesday, November 11

• most of Luzon, Iloilo, Guimaras

Wednesday, November 12

• Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur

As well as, there’s nonetheless a excessive danger of “life-threatening and damaging” storm surges with peak heights exceeding 3 meters within the Ilocos Area, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, Calabarzon, most of Mimaropa, Aklan, and Vintage inside 12 hours. Verify the particular cities and municipalities right here.

Harmful circumstances persist in lots of seaboards throughout the nation on Monday.

As much as very tough, excessive, or very excessive seas (journey is dangerous for all vessels)

• Seaboard of La Union and the northern seaboard of Pangasinan – waves as much as 12 meters excessive
• Japanese seaboards of Cagayan, Babuyan Islands, Isabela, and Ilocos Sur; western seaboard of Ilocos Norte – waves as much as 9 meters excessive
• Seaboards of Zambales; northeastern seaboard of Aurora; remaining seaboards of Pangasinan – waves as much as 8 meters excessive
• Seaboards of Batanes; remaining seaboards of Babuyan Islands and Ilocos Norte; jap seaboards of Albay and Sorsogon – waves as much as 7 meters excessive
• Western seaboard of Bataan; remaining seaboards of Aurora – waves as much as 6 meters excessive
• Northeastern seaboard of mainland Quezon; northern and jap seaboards of Polillo Islands and Catanduanes; northern seaboards of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur; remaining seaboards of Bataan; seaboards of Pampanga, Metro Manila, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro together with Lubang Islands, and Calamian Islands; western seaboards of Batangas and northern mainland Palawan – waves as much as 4.5 meters excessive

As much as tough seas (small vessels mustn’t enterprise out to sea)

• Remaining western seaboard of mainland Palawan; seaboards of Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Albay, and Northern Samar; northern seaboard of Romblon; remaining seaboards of Quezon, Batangas, and Camarines Sur; western seaboard of Masbate together with Burias Islands; jap seaboards of Sorsogon and Japanese Samar – waves as much as 3.5 meters excessive
• Seaboards of Vintage together with Caluya Islands, and Cagayancillo Islands; southern seaboard of Iloilo; western and southern seaboards of Guimaras and Negros Occidental; western seaboard of Negros Oriental – waves as much as 3 meters excessive

As much as reasonable to tough seas (small vessels ought to take precautionary measures or keep away from crusing, if doable)

• Remaining seaboard of Palawan; northern seaboard of Zamboanga del Norte; jap seaboard of Caraga and Davao Area; northern seaboards of Aklan and Capiz; remaining seaboards of Romblon, Masbate, and Sorsogon – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive
• Remaining seaboards of Visayas; northern seaboard of Northern Mindanao; seaboards of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi – waves as much as 2 meters excessive

Uwan remains to be projected to depart the Philippine Space of Duty (PAR) on Monday night or early Tuesday morning, November 11.

However by Wednesday morning or afternoon, November 12, it’ll flip northeast towards the Taiwan Strait, then reenter PAR. After reentering, Uwan may make landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, November 13. Additionally throughout this era, it’s anticipated to observe a weakening pattern, and could be a remnant low by Friday, November 14.

PAGASA Climate Specialist Obet Badrina earlier mentioned solely excessive Northern Luzon or the Batanes space could also be affected when Uwan reenters PAR.

Uwan is the Philippines’ twenty first tropical cyclone for 2025, and the second for November. It first entered PAR final Friday night, November 7, lower than 48 hours after the exit of Hurricane Tino (Kalmaegi), which is the nation’s deadliest tropical cyclone this 12 months, to this point.

PAGASA expects two or three tropical cyclones to kind inside or enter PAR in November. – Rappler.com