The province of Iloilo and the rest of Panay and Guimaras is now at Signal No. 4, according to PAGASA’s severe weather bulletin on Typhoon Yolanda issued at 5:00AM of November 8, 2013.
Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) has made a landfall over Guiuan, Eastern Samar at 4:00AM of today with the eye located at 62 kilometers southeast of the municipality.
PAGASA forecasts its movement 39kph west northwest with strength of 235kph near the center and gustiness of up to 275kph. It is expected to 240 kilometers northwest of Coron, Palawan by tomorrow morning and will be exiting the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday afternoon.
Public Storm Warning Signal
Signal No. 4
Masbate including Ticao Island,Southern Sorsogon and Romblon in Luzon, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte Biliran Province, Northern Cebu including Cebu City, Bantayan and Camotes
Islands, Northern Negros Occidental, Capiz, Aklan, Antique,Iloilo and Guimaras in Visayas and Dinagat Island in Mindanao
Signal No. 3
Rest of Sorsogon, Burias Island, Albay, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Calamian group of Islands, Rest of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Rest of Cebu and Bohol, Surigao del Norte
and Siargao Island
Signal No. 2
Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Southern Quezon, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Metro Manila,Cavite, Bataan, Lubang
Islands and Northern Palawan including Puerto Princesa, Siquijor, Camiguin, Surigao Del Sur and Agusan del Norte
Signal No. 1
Camarines Norte, Rest of Quezon including Polilio Island, Bulacan, Pampanga and Zambales, Misamis Oriental
and Agusan del Sur
[…] Yolanda is the strongest tropical storm to enter the country this year, and in the latest weather bulletin issued by PAGASA, Iloilo and entire province of Panay is under storm signal no. 4. Classes have been suspended in […]