MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Rolly is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported Sunday evening.
As of 10 p.m., Tropical Storm Rolly was located 150 kilometers northwest of Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro or 90 kilometers west southwest of Sangley Point in Cavite.
It had maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 105 kph.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No 2 was still raised over the western portion of Cavite, the western portion of Batangas, and the northern part of Occidental Mindoro.
Meanwhile, areas under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 include the central portion of Occidental Mindoro, the northern portion of Oriental Mindoro, the rest of Batangas, Laguna, the northern and western portion of Quezon, the rest of Cavite, Rizal, Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, and the southern portion of Zambales.
Light to moderate, with at times heavy rains, may fall over the Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon from Sunday night to Monday morning.
The strongest tropical cyclone to hit the country this year made landfall as a super typhoon in Bato, Catanduanes at 4:50 a.m on Sunday morning and then in Tiwi, Albay at 7:20 a.m. before weakening into a typhoon.
At 12:00 p.m., Rolly made its third landfall in San Narciso, Quezon. It was followed by landfall in Lobo, Batangas at 5:30 p.m.
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