Storm Lawin (Haima) again escalated before day break on Wednesday, October 19, as it kept on debilitating Northern Luzon.
In its notice issued 5 am on Wednesday, state climate authority PAGASA said Lawin now has most extreme winds of up to 205 kilometers for each hour (km/h) and windiness of up to 255 km/h.
The tropical storm is as of now 535 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora, moving west northwest at a marginally speedier 26 km/h from the past 25 km/h.
Direct to serious rain is normal inside Lawin's 700-km measurement.
Flag number 2 is brought up in the accompanying ranges:
Cagayan including Calayan Group of Islands
Isabela
northern Aurora
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Sur
Apayao
Abra
Kalinga
Mt Province
Ifugao
Benguet
Nueva Vizcaya
Quirino
Flag number 1, in the mean time, is up in these territories:
Batanes
La Union
Tarlac
Pangasinan
Nueva Ecija
rest of Aurora
Zambales
Pampanga
Bulacan
northern Quezon including Polillo Island
Bataan
Rizal
Laguna
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Catanduanes
Metro Manila
PAGASA prior cautioned that Lawin could turn into a super tropical storm. In the state climate department's arrangement, a super tropical storm has greatest winds of no less than 240 km/h.
Flag number 4 or 5 may be brought up in Cagayan (counting the Calayan Group of Islands), Apayao, Ilocos Norte, and northern Isabela on Wednesday night.
In the event that without a doubt these territories are put under flag number 4 or 5, there would be exceptionally solid winds 220 km/h or progressively and windiness of up to 365 km/h or more.
Such winds "can demolish high-to generally safe structures" and also topple trees and transmission towers, as per the state climate agency.
Storm surges up to 5 meters high are additionally conceivable in Cagayan (counting the Calayan Group of Islands), Isabela, and Ilocos Norte.
Lawin is relied upon to make landfall in the Cagayan zone early Thursday morning, October 20. The Cayagan commonplace government has said that it is get ready for a "most dire outcome imaginable."
In the wake of making landfall, the hurricane will cross Ilocos Norte and Apayao.
PAGASA additionally said ocean travel is hazardous in the eastern seaboard of Southern Luzon and the northern and eastern seaboards of Samar.
Lawin is relied upon to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) either on Thursday night or early Friday, October 21.
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