Storm Uwan weakens additional, slows down off Ilocos Sur

PAGASA lifts Sign No. 3 on Monday afternoon, November 10, as climate situations proceed to enhance within the aftermath of Storm Uwan (Fung-wong)

MANILA, Philippines – Storm Uwan (Fung-wong) continued to weaken whereas shifting away from the nation on Monday afternoon, November 10, with its most sustained winds right down to 120 kilometers per hour from 130 km/h.

The storm’s gustiness additionally eased from 160 km/h to 150 km/h, stated the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Companies Administration (PAGASA) in a briefing previous 5 pm on Monday.

As of 4 pm, it was final noticed 175 kilometers west of Sinait, Ilocos Sur. It additionally slowed down, shifting northwest at simply 10 km/h from 20 km/h.

Solely 9 provinces are nonetheless dealing with appreciable rain from Uwan within the coming hours, whereas rainfall has steadily eased in different areas. The next ought to nonetheless be careful for floods and landslides:

• Heavy to intense rain (100-200 millimeters): Benguet
• Average to heavy rain (50-100 mm): Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro

PAGASA additionally lifted Sign No. 3 as of 5 pm on Monday. Solely these areas stay underneath tropical cyclone wind indicators:

Sign No. 2

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

• Batanes
• Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands
• northwestern a part of Isabela (Santo Tomas, Santa Maria, Quezon, Roxas, Delfin Albano, San Pablo, Cabagan, San Manuel, Mallig)
• Apayao
• Abra
• Kalinga
• Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• Ilocos Norte
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• western and central components of Pangasinan (Basista, Lingayen, Alaminos Metropolis, Anda, Malasiqui, San Fabian, Mangaldan, Mapandan, Burgos, Dagupan Metropolis, Binalonan, Bolinao, Aguilar, San Manuel, Sual, Labrador, Bani, Pozorrubio, Urdaneta Metropolis, Laoac, Mabini, San Carlos Metropolis, Manaoag, Binmaley, San Jacinto, Bugallon, Infanta, Agno, Calasiao, Santa Barbara, Dasol, Sison, Mangatarem, Urbiztondo)
• northern a part of Zambales (Santa Cruz, Candelaria)

Sign No. 1

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

• remainder of Isabela
• Quirino
• Nueva Vizcaya
• remainder of Pangasinan
• Aurora
• Nueva Ecija
• remainder of Zambales
• Bataan
• Tarlac
• Pampanga
• Bulacan
• Metro Manila
• Cavite
• Laguna
• Batangas
• Rizal
• Quezon together with Polillo Islands
• Occidental Mindoro together with Lubang Islands
• Oriental Mindoro
• Marinduque
• Calamian Islands
• Camarines Norte
• northwestern a part of Camarines Sur (Sipocot, Libmanan, Lupi, Del Gallego, Ragay, Cabusao)

Sign No. 5 was the best tropical cyclone wind sign raised attributable to Uwan.

The storm remains to be bringing occasional gusts even to areas not underneath wind indicators, too:

Monday, November 10

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

Tuesday, November 11

Wednesday, November 12

• Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur

As well as, there may be nonetheless a average to excessive threat of “life-threatening” storm surges with peak heights reaching 1 to three meters within the Ilocos Area, Cagayan together with Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Aurora, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro together with Lubang Island, and Calamian Islands inside 12 hours. Verify the precise cities and municipalities right here.

In the meantime, situations within the nation’s seaboards proceed to enhance, however in Northern Luzon and the western aspect of Luzon, journey stays harmful for all vessels.

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

• Seaboards of Batanes, Ilocos Area, and Zambales – waves as much as 7 meters excessive
• Seaboard of Cagayan – waves as much as 6 meters excessive
• Seaboard of Isabela – waves as much as 5.5 meters excessive
• Seaboards of northern Aurora and Lubang Island; western seaboards of Batangas, Bataan, northern Occidental Mindoro, and northern mainland Palawan; northern and western seaboards of Calamian Islands – waves as much as 4.5 meters excessive

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

• Seaboard of remainder of Aurora – waves as much as 4 meters excessive
• Seaboards of Camarines Norte and Kalayaan Islands; northern and jap seaboards of Polillo Islands; northern seaboards of Camarines Sur and Catanduanes; western seaboards of Balabac Island and central and southern mainland Palawan – waves as much as 3.5 meters excessive
• Seaboard of northern mainland Quezon; jap seaboards of Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, and Japanese Samar; northern and jap seaboards of Northern Samar – waves as much as 3 meters excessive

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

• Seaboards of Pampanga, Bulacan, Metro Manila, Cavite, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Burias Island, Vintage, Caluya Islands, Cuyo Islands, Cagayancillo Islands; northern and western seaboards of Romblon; southern seaboards of Quezon and Iloilo; western seaboards of Camarines Sur, Aklan, Guimaras, Negros Occidental, and Negros Oriental; remaining seaboards of Batangas, Bataan, Calamian Islands, and Occidental Mindoro – waves as much as 2.5 meters excessive
• Seaboards of Zamboanga del Norte, Surigao del Sur, and Davao Occidental; jap seaboard of Davao Oriental; northern and jap seaboards of Dinagat Islands and Siargao-Bucas Grande Islands; southern seaboards of Negros Oriental and Siquijor; remaining seaboards of Palawan, Quezon, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes – waves as much as 2 meters excessive

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

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

However it could reenter PAR on Wednesday night, November 12, then make landfall in Taiwan, which is inside PAR.

PAGASA added that Uwan could have “a quick interval of re-intensification” from Monday night to Tuesday, earlier than finally weakening beginning Wednesday. By Friday, November 14, it could simply be a remnant low.

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 Storm Tino (Kalmaegi), which is the nation’s deadliest tropical cyclone this 12 months, thus far.

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