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MANILA, Philippines – Tropical Storm Marce (Tokage) made landfall in the Calamian Group of Islands early Friday evening, November 25.
State weather bureau PAGASA said Marce hit Calamian at 6 pm. Now, it continues to move west northwest at 22 kilometers per hour (km/h).
Marce previously made landfall 4 times – in Surigao del Norte; Abuyog, Leyte; Daanbantayan, Cebu; and Carles, Iloilo.
The tropical storm has maintained its strength, with maximum winds of up to 65 km/h and gustiness of up to 100 km/h.
Signal number 2 is raised in the following areas:
- Calamian Group of Islands
- Cuyo Island
- southern Occidental Mindoro
- southern Oriental Mindoro
Signal number 1, meanwhile, is up over:
- rest of Occidental Mindoro
- rest of Oriental Mindoro
- northern Palawan
- Romblon
- Aklan
- Antique
Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected within the 300-km diameter of the tropical storm.
Those in areas under signal numbers 1 and 2, as well as the rest of the Bicol Region and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon, should watch out for possible floods and landslides.
Sea travel is also risky in the northern and eastern seaboards of Northern Luzon and the seaboards of Central Luzon and Southern Luzon.
Marce is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Sunday, November 27.
– Rappler.com
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