Nando now seen to strengthen into tremendous storm on September 21

Hurricane Nando (Ragasa) remains to be intensifying over the Philippine Sea and will turn out to be an excellent storm on the identical day as anti-corruption protests nationwide

MANILA, Philippines – Hurricane Nando (Ragasa) continued to accentuate on Saturday night, September 20, and now has most sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour from the earlier 140 km/h.

The storm’s gustiness is now as much as 190 km/h from 170 km/h, primarily based on the 11 pm bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday.

Given Nando’s fast intensification, it might already strengthen into an excellent storm over the Philippine Sea on Sunday, September 21 — the identical day as protests nationwide to denounce corruption in flood management initiatives. It was earlier seen to turn out to be an excellent storm on Monday, September 22.

A brilliant storm has most sustained winds of 185 km/h or above.

Nando was situated 710 kilometers east of Echague, Isabela, or 695 kilometers east of Tuguegarao Metropolis, Cagayan, at 10 pm on Saturday.

It’s shifting northwest at a barely quicker 15 km/h from 10 km/h, heading for the Batanes-Babuyan Islands space, the place it might make landfall on Monday afternoon or night.

PAGASA had mentioned on Saturday afternoon that Nando would trigger scattered rain and thunderstorms in Cagayan Valley, the Ilocos Area, the Cordillera Administrative Area, Central Luzon, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes inside 12 hours.

Throughout the identical interval, the southwest monsoon will hold bringing scattered rain and thunderstorms to Metro Manila, the remainder of Calabarzon, the remainder of Bicol, Mimaropa, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, in addition to remoted rain showers or thunderstorms to the remainder of Mindanao.

For each Nando and the southwest monsoon, the climate bureau launched its newest rainfall outlook at 11 pm on Saturday, exhibiting which areas might get probably the most rain within the subsequent three days.

Nando

Saturday night, September 20, to Sunday night, September 21

• Average to heavy rain (50-100 millimeters): Batanes, Cagayan, Zambales, Bataan

Sunday night, September 21, to Monday night, September 22

• Intense to torrential rain (above 200 mm): Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Batanes, Cagayan
• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 mm): Ilocos Sur, La Union, Abra, Kalinga
• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Pangasinan, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Zambales, Bataan, Tarlac

Monday night, September 22, to Tuesday night, September 23

• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 mm): Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Batanes, Cagayan
• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Benguet

Southwest monsoon

Saturday night, September 20, to Sunday night, September 21

• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, Vintage, Palawan

Sunday night, September 21, to Monday night, September 22

• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, Vintage, Palawan

Monday night, September 22, to Tuesday night, September 23

• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Metro Manila, Zambales, Bataan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro

Floods and landslides are seemingly.

In the meantime, extra areas have been positioned underneath Sign No. 1 as of 11 pm on Saturday, which suggests they may have sturdy winds as a result of storm:

• Batanes
• Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands
• Isabela
• Quirino
• Apayao
• Kalinga
• Abra
• Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• Nueva Vizcaya
• Ilocos Norte
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• japanese a part of Pangasinan (Umingan, San Quintin, San Nicolas, San Manuel, Sison, Pozorrubio, San Fabian, Mangaldan, San Jacinto, Binalonan, Asingan, Tayug, Natividad, Santa Maria, Balungao, Rosales, Manaoag, Laoac, Urdaneta Metropolis, Villasis, Santo Tomas, Mapandan, Santa Barbara)
• northern a part of Nueva Ecija (Carranglan, Lupao, San Jose Metropolis, Pantabangan, Bongabon, Laur, Gabaldon, Normal Mamerto Natividad, Rizal, Llanera, Talavera, Science Metropolis of Muñoz, Santo Domingo, Talugtug, Palayan Metropolis)
• northern and central components of Aurora (Dilasag, Casiguran, Dinalungan, Dipaculao, Baler, Maria Aurora, San Luis)
• northern and central components of Catanduanes (Pandan, Caramoran, Bagamanoc, Panganiban, Viga, Gigmoto, San Miguel, Baras)

The very best potential tropical cyclone wind sign because of Nando is Sign No. 5.

The southwest monsoon and the trough of the storm will nonetheless deliver sturdy to gale-force gusts to those areas as effectively:

Sunday, September 21

• Metro Manila, Central Luzon (areas not underneath a wind sign), Calabarzon, Bicol, Mimaropa, Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, Davao Occidental, Davao Oriental

Monday, September 22

• Central Luzon (areas not underneath a wind sign), Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Bicol, Mimaropa, Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao, Soccsksargen, Davao Occidental, Davao Oriental

As well as, there may be nonetheless a excessive threat of “life-threatening” storm surges with peak heights above 3 meters in Batanes, Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, and Ilocos Sur within the subsequent 48 hours. View the precise cities and municipalities right here.

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On Sunday, sea circumstances might be significantly worse as Nando approaches excessive Northern Luzon and strengthens additional.

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

• Seaboards of Babuyan Islands; northeastern seaboard of mainland Cagayan – waves as much as 11 meters excessive
• Seaboards of Batanes; remaining seaboards of mainland Cagayan – waves as much as 8 meters excessive
• Seaboard of Isabela – waves as much as 5.5 meters excessive
• Northeastern seaboard of Aurora; northern seaboard of Ilocos Norte – waves as much as 4.5 meters excessive

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

• Remaining seaboards of Aurora; northern and japanese seaboard of Polillo Islands – waves as much as 3.5 meters excessive
• Remaining seaboard of Ilocos Norte; northern and japanese seaboards of Catanduanes – waves as much as 3 meters excessive

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

• Japanese seaboards of Albay and Sorsogon; northern and japanese seaboards of Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, and Northern Samar – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive

Nando is the Philippines’ 14th tropical cyclone for 2025, and the fourth for September. It might exit the Philippine Space of Duty by Tuesday morning, September 23. – Rappler.com