MANILA, Philippines — Classes were suspended in many parts of the country on Monday, November 11, due to Tropical Storm Nika (international name: Toraji).
Based on the state weather bureau’s 8 p.m. bulletin, two Luzon areas were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 as Nika intensified on Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, 11 areas were placed under TCWS No. 2 and 17 areas are under TCWS No. 1.
The tropical storm is forecast to reach the typhoon category within the next several hours.
READ: Nika now stronger, may become typhoon late Sunday; Signal # 2 in 9 areas
Due to these developments, class suspensions were implemented in the following areas:
National Capital Region
- Quezon City: All levels, public and private
- Caloocan City: All levels, public and private
- Parañaque City: All levels, public and private
- Las Piñas City: All levels, public and private
- Valenzuela City: All levels, face-to-face classes only, public and private
- Makati City: Preschool to senior high school and Alternative Learning System (ALS), public and private
- Malabon City: All levels, public and private
- Mandaluyong City: All levels, public and private
- Pasay City: All levels, public and private
- Marikina City: All levels, public and private
Cordillera Administrative Region
- Baguio City: All levels, public and private
- Paracelis, Mountain Province: All levels, public and private
Cagayan Valley
- Santo Niño, Cagayan: Preschool to senior high school, public and private
- Echague, Isabela: All levels, public and private
Central Luzon
- Norzagaray, Bulacan: All levels, public and private
- Meycauayan, Bulacan: Preschool to senior high school, public and private
- Pangasinan: All levels, public and private
- Talavera, Nueva Ecija: All levels, public and private
Calabarzon
- Alitagtag, Batangas: Preschool to senior high school, shift to modular distance learning, public and private
- Batangas City, Batangas: All levels, public and private
- Nasugbo, Batangas: All levels, public and private
- Kalayaan, Laguna: All levels, public and private
- Sta. Cruz, Laguna: All levels, public and private
- Quezon: Preschool to senior high school and Alternative Learning System (ALS), public and private
- Morong, Rizal: All levels, public and private
- Quezon Province (including Calauag, Guinayangan, Tagkawayan, Pitogo, San Andres, Buenavista, San Francisco, Pagbilao, Infanta, Lopez, Catanauan, Mulanay, Unisan, General Luna, Plaridel, Quezon, Alabat, Sampaloc, Padre Burgos, Macalelon, Mauban, Perez, Agdangan, Gumaca, Atimonan, Real, San Narciso, General Nakar, Lucban, Tayabas City, Lucena City, Panukulan, Burdeos, Polillo, Jomalig, and Patnanungan): Preschool to senior high school
Bicol Region
- Virac, Catanduanes: All levels, public and private
- Camarines Sur: All levels, public and private
- Naga City: All levels, public and private
- Sipocot, Camarines Sur: All levels, public and private
- Bacacay, Albay: Preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes only, public and private; until lifted
- Malinao, Albay: Preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes only, public and private; until lifted
- Malilipot, Albay: Preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes only, public and private; until lifted
- Oas, Albay: All levels, face-to-face classes only, public and private; until lifted
- Rapu-Rapu, Albay: Preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes only, public and private; until lifted
- Sto. Domingo, Albay: All levels, face-to-face classes only, public and private; until lifted
- Tabaco City, Albay: Preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes only, public and private; until lifted
- Tiwi, Albay: Preschool to senior high school, face-to-face classes only, public and private; until lifted
Nika was last spotted some 425 kilometers (km) east of Infanta, Quezon. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour (km/h) and gusts of up to 135 km/h, according to Pagasa. —with reports from Delfin T. Mallari Jr.