Sign No. 1 lifted in Kalayaan Islands as Hurricane Tino nears Vietnam

PAGASA lifts the final remaining tropical cyclone wind sign, with Hurricane Tino (Kalmaegi) farther away from the nation on Thursday afternoon, November 6

MANILA, Philippines – The climate bureau lifted Sign No. 1 for Kalayaan Islands on Thursday afternoon, November 6, as Hurricane Tino (Kalmaegi) continued to maneuver away outdoors the Philippine Space of Accountability (PAR).

As of 4 pm on Thursday, Tino was already 525 kilometers west northwest of Pag-asa Island, Kalayaan, Palawan. It had left PAR at 12:30 am.

The storm is shifting west at 25 kilometers per hour (km/h), heading for Vietnam, the place it’s set to make landfall within the night.

Earlier on Thursday morning, Tino’s most sustained winds had elevated from 155 km/h to 165 km/h, its peak depth up to now. Its gustiness additionally went as much as 205 km/h from 190 km/h.

When Tino made its first three landfalls within the Philippines, it had most sustained winds of 150 km/h. Sign No. 4 was the best tropical cyclone wind sign raised.

The storm maintained its power on Thursday afternoon, however the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA) mentioned it could barely weaken earlier than hitting Vietnam, whereas speedy weakening is anticipated after landfall there.

Whereas Tino is farther away, its trough or extension should convey scattered rain and thunderstorms to Palawan and Tawi-Tawi on Thursday night.

Batanes and Cagayan are additionally seeing average to at instances heavy rain because of the northeast monsoon or amihan, whereas the remainder of the nation will nonetheless have usually honest climate, with simply remoted rain showers or thunderstorms.

For some seaboards, average to tough sea circumstances persist, making journey nonetheless dangerous for small vessels.

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

• Seaboards of Batanes and Kalayaan Islands – waves as much as 3.5 meters excessive

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

• Seaboards of Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, and Zambales; western seaboard of Pangasinan, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro together with Lubang Islands, and Palawan and Calamian Islands – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive
• Seaboards of mainland Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora, Camarines Norte, Ilocos Sur, and La Union; japanese seaboards of Albay, Sorsogon, Jap Samar, Dinagat Islands, Siargao Island, Bucas Grande Island, Surigao del Sur, and Davao Oriental; northern and japanese seaboards of Polillo Islands and Catanduanes; northern seaboard of Camarines Sur; remaining seaboard of Palawan – waves as much as 2 meters excessive

Tino left at the very least 150 folks useless primarily based on native reviews, together with at the very least 99 in Cebu province, 9 in Cebu Metropolis, 24 in Negros Occidental, 12 in Negros Oriental, and 6 in Agusan del Sur. The figures should rise as affected areas proceed to evaluate the extent of the storm’s influence.

The storm adopted this path by the nation, bringing damaging winds that destroyed houses and infrastructure, in addition to torrential rain that triggered huge floods:

Monday, November 3

Tuesday, November 4

• first landfall in Silago, Southern Leyte (12 am)
• moved over Leyte
• handed near Cebu’s Camotes Islands
• second landfall in Borbon, Cebu (5:10 am)
• third landfall in Sagay Metropolis, Negros Occidental (6:40 am)
• fourth landfall in San Lorenzo, Guimaras (11:10 am)
• fifth landfall in Iloilo Metropolis, Iloilo (1:20 pm)
• moved over Vintage
• sixth landfall in Magsaysay, Cuyo Islands, Palawan (7:30 pm)

Wednesday, November 5

• seventh landfall in Batas Island, Taytay, Palawan (4:10 am)
• eighth landfall in El Nido, Palawan (4:40 am)

Tino was the Philippines’ twentieth tropical cyclone for 2025, and the primary for November. It entered PAR as a tropical storm final Sunday, November 2.

Except for Tino, PAGASA continues to watch Tropical Storm Fung-wong, which may enter PAR late Friday night, November 7, or early Saturday morning, November 8. The climate bureau’s subsequent advisory on Fung-wong will likely be issued at 11 pm on Thursday.

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