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Friday, March 29, 2024

‘Jolina’ fast, furious may hit Aurora

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TROPICAL storm “Jolina” maintained its strength Friday, and threatened to pound Aurora province with moderate to heavy rainfall and as it approached land Friday night.

At a news conference, forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said “Jolina” was moving fast due to a high-pressure area spotted over west of the storm.

“The HPA is well-behaved, and because of this, the storm will not be stationary,” he said.

As “Jolina” is forecast to leave the Philippine area of responsibility on Sunday, Aurelio said, another typhoon was expected to lash the country next week.

“We are expecting another low pressure to develop potentially into another tropical depression,” he added.

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Another forecaster, Shelly Ignacio, said should the cloud cluster over the eastern part of Luzon develop into an LPA and eventually into a depression, it would be named “Kiko.”

WATCHING JOLINA. Weather forecaster Nikos Victor Penaranda,  a Pagasa weather specialist, monitors the incoming Tropical Storm ‘Jolina’ that has intensified further as it moves closer to Isabela-Aurora. Manny Palmero

As of Friday tropical cyclone warning Signal no. 2 was raised in the following areas, where winds of 61 to 120 kph may be expected in the next 24 hours: 

  • Isabela,
  • Aurora,
  • Quirino,
  • Kalinga,
  • Mountain Province,
  • Ifugao,
  • Ilocos Sur,
  • Benguet,
  • Abra,
  • La Union, and 
  • Nueva Vizcaya. 

Meanwhile, tropical cyclone warning Signal no. 1 was up in the following areas, where winds of 30 to 60 kph may be expected in the next 36 hours:

  • Cagayan including Babuyan group of islands, 
  • Apayao,
  • Ilocos Norte,
  • Nueva Ecija,
  • Pangasinan,
  • Northern Quezon including Polillo island, 
  • Catanduanes, and
  • Camarines Norte. 

As of 5 p.m. Friday, “Jolina” was estimated at 110 kilometers south southeast of Casiguran, Aurora packing maximum sustained winds of up to 80 kms per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 95 kph.

It was moving west northwest at 19 kph.

Expect moderate to heavy rains in Northern and Central Luzon that could trigger floods and landslides, Aurelio said.

Metro Manila will continue to experience rains not because of “Jolina,” but because of an enhanced southwest monsoon, he added.

According to Pagasa’s Hydrometeorology Division, incessant rains contributed to an increase in the water elevation of the six major dams—Angat in Bulacan, Ambuklao and Binga in Benguet, San Roque in Pangasinan, Magat in Isabela and Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija.

The water of Ipo Dam at the downstream of Angat Dam also rose to its spilling level.

Pagasa, however, said there was no observation of any increase in the water level of La Mesa Dam in Metro Manila, another major water reservoir.

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