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Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 was raised over four areas in Luzon even as Severe Tropical Storm Nika is about to exit the Philippine area of responsibility, PAGASA said Tuesday. As of 11 a.
m., the state weather bureau said the following areas were under TCWS No.1: PAGASA said strong winds from 39 to 61 km/h may be expected in these areas within the next 36 hours.
Wind impacts may result in minimal to minor threat to life and property, it added. Nika location PAGASA said the center of Nika was last spotted at 225 kilometers west northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte or 315 kilometers west of Calayan, Cagayan, packing maximum sustained winds of 95 km/h near the center, gustiness of up to 115 km/h, and central pressure of 990 hPa. It was also moving northwestward at 10 km/h, bringing strong to storm-force winds that extend outwards up to 320 km from the center.
PAGASA said that based on the forecast track, Nika will continue moving generally northwestward to westward over the West Philippine Sea and may exit PAR Tuesday afternoon. Earlier in the day, PAGASA said the tropical storm monitored east of Eastern Visayas has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday, and was assigned the domestic name Ofel (international name: Usagi). At 3 a.
m., the center of Ofel was estimated to be located at 1,125 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kph and gustiness of up to 90 kph and moving west northwestward at 25 kph. PAGASA also earlier said that it was monitoring a tropical cyclone outside PAR, Tropical Storm Man-Yi, which was located at 3 a.
m. at 2,870 kilometers east of Southeastern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center, gustiness of up to 105 kph, and moving westward at the speed of 10 kph. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News.
