Luis gains strength, Signal No. 2 in Cagayan, Isabela

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MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – State weather bureau PAGASA has raised storm Signal No. 2 over Cagayan and Isabela, as Tropical Storm Luis (Kalmaegi) intensified further on Saturday afternoon, September 13.

As of 4 pm on Saturday, the eye of the storm was located at 364 kilometers northeast of Virac, Catanduanes. It is seen to move west northwest at 20 km per hour.

Luis packs maximum sustained winds of 110 km per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 140 km per hour. Heavy to intense rainfall (7.5 to 20 mm per hour) is expected within the storm’s 400-km diameter.

Signal No. 1 was also raised over the following areas:

• Calayan and Babuyan Group of Islands
• Apayao
• Kalinga
• Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Nueva Vizcaya
• Quirino
• Aurora
• Catanduanes

Residents in low-lying and mountainous areas in areas under Signal Nos. 1 and 2 should watch out for possible landslides and flashfloods.

In addition, residents in coastal areas under signal number 2 are alerted against storm surges.

Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are advised not to set sail into the seaboards of Visayas and the eastern seaboard of southern Luzon and Mindanao.

Luis is expected to be at 138 km northeast of Casiguran, Aurora, by Sunday afternoon, September 14; at 238 km west northwest of Laoag City by Monday afternoon, September 15; and, at 481 km west northwest of Laoag City by Tuesday afternoon, September 16.

The next bulletin on Tropical Storm Luis will be issued at 11 pm on Saturday.

Sunday weather

Isabela and Cagayan will experience stormy weather with rough to very rough seas. Meanwhile, all areas under signal no. 1 will have rains with gusty winds.

It will be cloudy with moderate to occasionally heavy rains and thunderstorms – which may trigger flashfloods and landslides – in the Bicol Region and the provinces of Samar and Quezon.

The rest of Luzon and Visayas will be cloudy with light to moderate rainshowers and thunderstorms. Meanwhile, Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Here is the weather forecast across the country for Sunday, September 14:

City	Forecast		Temperature Range
Metro Manila		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	24°C-31°C
Tuguegarao		Stormy	24°C-29°C
Laoag		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	25°C-30°C
Baguio		Stormy	16°C-24°C
Subic/Olongapo; Clark/Angeles		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	24°C-30°C
Tagaytay		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	21°C-29°C
Lipa		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	23°C-32°C
Legazpi		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	24°C-31°C
Puerto Princesa		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	24°C-30°C
Iloilo/Bacolod		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	24°C-30°C
Metro Cebu		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	24°C-29°C
Tacloban		Cloudy skies with rainshowers and/or  thunderstorms	24°C-29°C
Cagayan de Oro		Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	22°C-32°C
Metro Davao		Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	24°C-32°C
Zamboanga		Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms	25°C-32°C

 – Rappler.com