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Typhoon Ramon shifts toward Babuyan Group of Islands

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Typhoon Ramon shifts toward Babuyan Group of Islands
Typhoon Ramon (Kalmaegi) is expected to make landfall in the Babuyan Group of Islands on Tuesday, November 19

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MANILA, Philippines – The direction of Typhoon Ramon (Kalmaegi) changed from northwest to west northwest in the early hours of Tuesday, November 19, meaning it is now poised to hit the Babuyan Group of Islands and not the municipality of Santa Ana in mainland Cagayan.

In a bulletin issued 2 am on Tuesday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Ramon is now 125 kilometers east northeast of Aparri, Cagayan, or 135 kilometers east southeast of Calayan, Cagayan.

The typhoon continues to move at a slow 10 kilometers per hour (km/h).

It maintained its strength, with maximum winds of 120 km/h and gustiness of up to 150 km/h.

Ramon is expected to make landfall in the Babuyan Group of Islands – an archipelago also part of Cagayan province – on Tuesday. It is forecast to gradually weaken after hitting land, “due to the land interaction and the northeast monsoon,” said PAGASA.

This is the latest list of areas under tropical cyclone wind signals:

Signal No. 3 (winds of 121 km/h to 170 km/h)

  • northern part of Cagayan (Santa Praxedes, Claveria, Sanchez Mira, Pamplona, Abulug, Ballesteros, Aparri, Calayan, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Gonzaga, Santa Ana)

Signal No. 2 (winds of 61 km/h to 120 km/h)

  • rest of Cagayan
  • Batanes
  • northern part of Isabela (Sta Maria, San Pablo, Maconacon, Cabagan, Sto Tomas, Quezon, Delfin Albano, Tumauini, Divilacan)
  • Apayao
  • Kalinga
  • lIocos Norte

Signal No. 1 (winds of 30 km/h to 60 km/h)

  • Ilocos Sur
  • Abra
  • Mountain Province
  • Benguet
  • Ifugao
  • La Union
  • Pangasinan
  • rest of Isabela

Ramon is also bringing more rain in the next 48 hours. Flash floods and landslides remain possible. (READ: FAST FACTS: Tropical cyclones, rainfall advisories)

Tuesday, November 19

  • Frequent to continuous moderate to heavy rain
    • Batanes
    • northern part of Cagayan, including Babuyan Group of Islands
    • Apayao
    • northern part of Ilocos Norte
  • Light to moderate rain with intermittent heavy rain
    • northern part of Isabela
    • Kalinga
    • Abra
    • rest of Cagayan
    • Ilocos Sur

Wednesday, November 20

  • Light to moderate rain with occasionally heavy rain
    • Batanes
    • northern and eastern parts of Cagayan, including Babuyan Group of Islands
    • eastern part of Isabela
    • eastern part of Apayao
    • eastern part of Kalinga
  • Light to moderate rain with intermittent heavy rain
    • northern part of Aurora
    • rest of Cagayan
    • rest of Isabela

Classes have been suspended in some areas for Tuesday. (READ: #WalangPasok: Class suspensions, Tuesday, November 19, 2019)

Travel also remains risky, especially for small vessels, in the seaboards of areas under tropical cyclone wind signals as well as the western seaboard of Zambales and Bataan.

Ramon could leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday morning, November 21. By then, it would have likely weakened into a tropical depression or a low pressure area (LPA) already.

Ramon is the Philippines’ 18th tropical cyclone for 2019, and the 2nd for November.

Forecast track of Typhoon Ramon (Kalmaegi) as of November 19, 2019, 2 am. Image from PAGASA

Meanwhile, the LPA outside PAR is now 1,105 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas.

It is expected to enter PAR on Tuesday morning, and may develop into a tropical depression within 24 hours.

If it becomes a tropical depression inside PAR, it would be given the local name Sarah – potentially the Philippines’ 19th tropical cyclone for 2019, and the 3rd for November. (READ: LIST: PAGASA’s names for tropical cyclones in 2019)

The country gets an average of 20 tropical cyclones annually, but since 2019 is an El Niño year, only 14 to 18 tropical cyclones had been projected.

Below is the estimated number of tropical cyclones for the last two months of 2019:

  • November – 1 or 2 (if Sarah forms, the estimate would be exceeded)
  • December – 0 or 1

PAGASA declared the start of the rainy season last June 14. – Rappler.com

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Acor Arceo

Acor Arceo is the head of copy and editorial standards at Rappler. Trained in both online and TV newsrooms, Acor ensures consistency in editorial standards across all sections and also supervises Rappler’s coverage of disasters.