00:00Meanwhile, let's continue to monitor Bagyong Ophel.
00:04This typhoon, and our latest location as of 10 p.m. today,
00:09is now here in Dagat Baybayin, or the coastal waters of Calayan, Cagayan.
00:13So, it's now here in the area of Baboyan Channel.
00:16There's a strong wind that's close to the middle,
00:18reaching 130 kilometers per hour,
00:21and when it opens, it reaches 200 kilometers per hour.
00:25This movement continues northwestward at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour.
00:30We can see here in our latest satellite images,
00:33the clouds associated with Bagyong Ophel
00:36continue to rain on a large part of northern Luzon.
00:42For most of Visayas and Mindanao, this brighter time will continue.
00:47We'll still be prepared for the chances of isolated rain showers or thunderstorms
00:51from tonight until tomorrow, early in the morning.
00:54And for more details on the two typhoons within our PIR,
00:58let's start with Bagyong Ophel.
01:02So, our latest track and intensity forecast for Typhoon Ophel,
01:07the typhoon will continue to move northwestward.
01:13As of 10 p.m., it's now here in the area of Baboyan Channel.
01:17So, it's possible later tonight or later in the morning,
01:21it will have a second landfall or close approach
01:24to any island here in the area of Baboyan Group of Islands.
01:29So, we'll still be prepared here, this large part of northern Luzon,
01:32we'll still be prepared for strong winds and strong rains
01:36brought by Typhoon Ophel.
01:38And throughout the remainder of the forecast period,
01:40starting tonight until over the weekend and early next week,
01:44we expect that because of the continuous interaction of Typhoon Ophel
01:49with the Philippines' land,
01:51we can see the continuous weakening trend of the typhoon.
01:57So, we'll see here in our track forecast,
02:00it's possible that this will come out of our Philippine Area of Responsibility
02:04on Friday morning and our PIR will enter again
02:09anytime within Saturday.
02:11So, Saturday afternoon or Saturday evening,
02:13it's possible that our Philippine Area of Responsibility will enter again
02:17prior to landfall over Taiwan area.
02:19And there it is, the continuous weakening of Typhoon Ophel.
02:24And for Typhoon Ophel,
02:26we still have a tropical cyclone, which is signal number 4.
02:29Still, because of the strong winds brought by the typhoon,
02:33we still have signal number 4 here in the areas shaded by red.
02:36So, here in the northern portion of Cagayan,
02:39and also here in Boboyan Islands, we still have signal number 4 there.
02:42These are the areas that are most affected by the strong winds brought by the typhoon.
02:47Signal number 3 here in the areas shaded by orange.
02:51So, here in the southern portion of Batanes,
02:54here in the central and southeastern portions of Milan, Cagayan,
02:58in the northern and central portions of Apayao,
03:01and in the northern portion of Ilocos Norte.
03:04So, we still have signal number 3 there.
03:06Signal number 2 in the areas shaded by yellow,
03:09in the southern portion of Batanes,
03:11in the southern portion of Cagayan,
03:14in the rest of Apayao,
03:16northern portion of Calinga,
03:18northern portion of Abra,
03:19and in the southern portion of Ilocos Norte.
03:22Signal number 1,
03:24so, we have a warning lead time of 36 hours.
03:26We still have strong winds expected in the areas under wind.
03:32Signal number 1 in the southern portion of Isabela,
03:35northeastern portion of Quirino,
03:37southern portion of Abra,
03:39rest of Calinga,
03:40here in the mountain province,
03:42northern portion of Ifugao,
03:45in the northern and central portions of Ilocos Sur,
03:48and in the northern portion of Aurora.
03:51In these areas,
03:53especially the areas under wind signal number 3 and number 4,
03:57we are still prepared for the strong winds brought by the typhoon.
04:03Typhoon Ophel will still bring strong winds to the northern part of Luzon.
04:07More in particular,
04:09the areas under wind signal number 3 and number 4
04:12in the extreme northern Luzon area,
04:15prior to landfall over any island here in the Bubuyan group of islands.
04:19And for the threat of storm surge,
04:24because of the effect of Typhoon Ophel,
04:26we still have a storm surge warning as of 8 p.m. today.
04:30So we are expecting more than 3 meters of storm surge
04:35here in the area of Cagayan,
04:36or in the seaboards or coastal lines of Cagayan and Ilocos Norte.
04:42Meanwhile, we are expecting 2.1 to 3 meters
04:45in the coastlines of Aurora,
04:49in Batanes, in Ilocos Sur,
04:51and also here in Isabela.
04:52So to our countrymen here,
04:55who are near the coastal areas,
04:57low-lying areas,
04:58coastal communities,
04:59we are still prepared because the threat of storm surge is still there.
05:03This is the rise of our waves near our coastal areas.
05:09And in terms of our sea situation,
05:11as of 11 p.m. today,
05:14we still have a gale warning high.
05:16It is still brought by the effect of Typhoon Ophel
05:19to the seaboards of Batanes,
05:21Batanes, Cagayan, including Bubuyan Islands,
05:24here in the area of Isabela and the northern coast of Ilocos Norte.
05:27So to our countrymen and fishermen,
05:29and those who are near the coastal areas,
05:31in these areas,
05:33let's not go too far
05:34because we will continue to experience
05:36the threat of storm surge brought by Typhoon Ophel.
05:40And these are the seaboards without gale warnings.
05:43We will still experience the threat of storm surge
05:46here in the seaboards of Northern Aurora.
05:47So be careful to our countrymen who will sail in this area.
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