Florita weakens more as it heads for China through WPS

MANILA, Philippines — Severe Tropical Storm Florita (international name: Ma-on) weakened more as it moved farther away over the West Philippine Sea late Tuesday, according to the 11 p.m. bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

Florita was estimated to be over 80 km northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, with maximum sustained winds of 95 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 115 kph.

As of this writing, Florita was moving west-northwest over the West Philippine Sea toward the southern portion of China, It’s expected to make landfall there on Thursday morning or early afternoon.

It may exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Wednesday morning.

Here are the areas under Signal No. 3, under which storm-force winds prevail or are expected within 18 hours, which could cause moderatea  to significant threat to life and property:

• the northwestern portion of Ilocos Norte (Bacarra, Pasuquin, Burgos, Bangui)

Here are the areas under Signal No. 2, under which where gale-force winds prevail or are expected within 24 hours that could cause minor to moderate threat to life and property:

• the northwestern portion of mainland Cagayan (Ballesteros, Abulug, Pamplona, Sanchez-Mira, Claveria, Santa Praxedes, Aparri, Allacapan, Lasam, Rizal)
• the western portion of Babuyan Islands (Calayan Island, Dalupiri Island, Fuga Island)
• Apayao
• Abra
• the rest of Ilocos Norte
• the northern and central portions of Ilocos Sur (Quirino, Gregorio del Pilar, Salcedo, Santa Lucia, Galimuyod, City of Candon, San Emilio, Lidlidda, Banayoyo, Santiago, Burgos, San Esteban, Santa Maria, Nagbukel, Narvacan, Santa, Santa Catalina, San Vicente, Bantay, Santo Domingo, San Ildefonso, Caoayan, City of Vigan, Magsingal, San Juan, Cabugao, Sinait)

Here are the areas under Signal No. 1, under which strong winds prevail or are expected within 36 hours, which could only cause minimal to minor threat to life and property:

• Batanes
• the rest of Babuyan Islands
• the rest of mainland Cagayan
• Isabela
• the northern and central portions of Nueva Vizcaya (Diadi, Bagabag, Villaverde, Aritao, Kayapa, Santa Fe, Bambang, Ambaguio, Dupax del Sur, Kasibu, Quezon, Dupax del Norte, Solano, Bayombong), the northern portion of Quirino (Maddela, Aglipay, Saguday, Diffun, Cabarroguis)
• Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• the rest of Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• the northern portion of Aurora (Dilasag, Casiguran)

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