'Inday' further intensifies, monsoon rains seen until Saturday
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Inday has intensified as it barrels north-northeastward over the Philippine Sea.
At 10 p.m. Thursday, the center of "Inday" was estimated based on all available data at 1,055 km east of Basco, Batanes. It is moving towards north-northeast at 15 kph.
It packs maximum sustained winds of 80 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 95 kph.
PAGASA said the southwest monsoon enhanced by the tropical storm would bring intermittent moderate to heavy monsoon rains over Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Zambales and Bataan, and scattered light to moderate with at times heavy rains over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon until Saturday, July 21.
"Residents of these areas, especially those living in low-lying and mountainous areas are advised to take appropriate actions against possible flooding and landslide, coordinate with local disaster risk reduction and management offices, and continue monitoring for updates," PAGASA said.
Sea travel, meanwhile, remained risky over the eastern seaboard of northern Luzon and the seaboard of Central Luzon due to rough to very rough seas associated with the southwest monsoon and "Inday."
The low pressure area monitored east of northern Cagayan has developed into a tropical depression Wednesday morning, state weather bureau PAGASA says.
The tropical depression has been named Inday. This is the ninth tropical cyclone in 2018.
It packs maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 65 kilometers per hour. “Inday” comes a day after Tropical Storm Henry left the country.
No tropical cyclone warning signal has been raised over any part of the country.
Severe tropical storm Inday (international name: Ampil) continues to enhance the southwest monsoon, which brings rains over Luzon.
PAGASA says “Inday” maintains its maximum sustained winds of 90 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 115 kilometers per hour as it slowly moves northwest.
State weather bureau PAGASA says that “Inday” has intensified into a severe tropical storm Friday morning.
It packs maximum sustained winds of 90 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 115 kilometers per hour.
Moving northwestward, “Inday” is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility between tonight and tomorrow morning.
Bad weather has led to some flights being cancelled while others have had to be diverted, the Manila International Airport Authority says.
In an advisory, it says the following flights scheduled to land at NAIA Terminal 3 had to be diverted to Clark International Airport:
- Cebu Pacific 5J 752 Saigon-Manila (ATA 0704H)
- Cebu Pacific 5J 679 Shanghai Pudong-Manila (ATA 0750H)
The following flights scheduled to take off from NAIA Terminal 4 have been cancelled:
- Air Asia Z2 438/439 Manila-Puerto Princesa-Manila
- Air Asia Z2 773/774 Manila-Cebu-Manila
"Inday", last seen 995 km east northeast of Basco, Batanes early Friday morning, is forecast to move northwest at 15 kph. It has maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of 105 kph.
The storm is not expected to make landfall but will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon over most of Luzon.
Tropical Storm Inday has further intensified, PAGASA says. It packs maximum sustained winds of 80 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 95 kph.
It adds that the southwest monsoon enhanced by "Inday" will bring intermittent moderate to heavy monsoon rains over Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Zambales and Bataan, and scattered light to moderate with at times heavy rains over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon until Saturday, July 21.
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