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MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon Helen (Megi) maintained its course on Monday evening, September 26, still heading for Taiwan.
In its bulletin issued 11 pm on Monday, state weather bureau PAGASA said Helen was 355 kilometers east northeast of Basco, Batanes, moving west northwest at 20 kilometers per hour (km/h).
It will be closest to Batanes on Tuesday morning, September 27.
The typhoon maintained its strength, with maximum winds of up to 150 km/h and gustiness of up to 185 km/h.
Signal number 2 remains up over Batanes, while signal number 1 is still raised in northern Cagayan, including the Babuyan Group of Islands.
Moderate to heavy rain is expected within the 800-km diameter of the typhoon.
Batanes is still reeling from the effects of Typhoon Ferdie (Meranti), which left hundreds of millions of pesos worth of damage. Batanes had been placed under a state of calamity last September 15 due to Ferdie.
Helen is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday.
– Rappler.com
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