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Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 was raised over seven areas in Luzon as Typhoon Nika moved over the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) on Monday afternoon, state weather bureau PAGASA said. In its 2 p.
m. bulletin, PAGASA said Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals are in effect in the following areas: TCWS No. 4: TCWS No.
3 TCWS No. 2 TCWS No. 1 PAGASA said Nika's center was last monitored in the vicinity of Lagawe, Ifugao moving west northwestward at 25 kilometers per hour (kph) packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 215 kph.
“NIKA will traverse the landmass of mainland Luzon today and emerge over the sea west of Ilocos Sur this afternoon or evening,” PAGASA said. “This tropical cyclone may weaken into a severe tropical storm while traversing mainland Luzon due to land interaction,” it added. Nika, which made landfall in the vicinity of Dilasag, Aurora at 8:10 a.
m. on Monday, is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) by Tuesday morning. Some areas have suspended classes due to the bad weather brought by Nika.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority also suspended the expanded number coding scheme for the day. Mayors and governors in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region were ordered by the Department of the Interior and Local Government to conduct preemptive evacuation. Meanwhile, a tropical depression is seen to enter PAR on Tuesday and will be named Ofel once it did.
The tropical depression may make landfall over Northern or Central Luzon on Thursday evening or early Friday morning, according to PAGASA in its 5 a.m. bulletin on Monday.
— KBK, GMA Integrated News.
