This image from Pagasa shows the forecast track of Typhoon Lawin.
Typhoon “Lawin” (international name “Haima”) has picked up more strength as it neared Northern Luzon on Wednesday morning.
Signal No. 3 was raised over Cagayan, Isabela, Kalinga, Apayao, Ifugao and Mt. Province.
Calayan Group of Islands, northern Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Benguet, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Abra were placed under Signal No. 2.
Signal No. 1 was raised over Batanes Group of Islands, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, rest of Aurora, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Bataan, northern Quezon including Polillo Islands, Rizal, Laguna, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes and Metro Manila.
Lawin packed maximum sustained winds of 210 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 260 kph, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 8 a.m. bulletin.
Weather forecasters on Tuesday warned of the possibility of Lawin turning into a supertyphoon before its projected landfall in Cagayan early Thursday.
The typhoon was last sighted 450 kilometers east of Casiguran Aurora, moving west northwest at 26 kph.
Moderate to heavy rains were seen within the 700 kilometer radius of Lawin.
Sea travel remained risky over the eastern seaboard of Southern Luzon and the northern and eastern seaboards of Samar. IDL
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