PAGASA Track as of 8 a.m., 27 August 2011
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon “Mina” (international codename: Nanmadol) is now pounding northern Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Saturday morning.
Its “eyewall” made landfall at Cabutunan Point, Gonzaga, Cagayan at around 5:30 a.m. but its center of the eye has not made landfall, said Pagasa Supervising Undersecretary Graciano Yumul.
“Field reports show strong rains and winds now in Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Baguio City, Kalinga, Apayao, Cagayan, Isabela and Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya,” he said by text at around 7:50 a.m.
“Mina” unleashed her fury, a day after Pagasa reported her to be moving further away from the archipelago.
On Friday, Mina practically sideswiped Cagayan as it headed towards Taiwan, prompting the weather bureau to declare a rare Signal No. 4 over the northern part of the province, which felt the brunt of the typhoon’s force.