Marcos to local gov’t units: Prepare for Super Typhoon Leon’s impact

Super Typhoon Leon. Image from Pagasa

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday directed local government units to brace for the impact of Super Typhoon Leon (international name: Kong-Rey).

He said this in his speech during the opening ceremony of the Maersk Optimus Distribution Center in Calamba City, Laguna.

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“Unfortunately, there is another typhoon coming so we should prepare well,” he said in Filipino.

Leon’s eye was last seen 360 kilometers east of Calayan, Cagayan. It had maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 230 kph. It was moving west-northwestward at 10 kph.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3 was raised over Batanes, the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands, and the northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan (Santa Ana).

Meanwhile, Signal No. 2 was raised over the following areas:

• rest of Babuyan Islands
• rest of mainland Cagayan
• northern and eastern portions of Isabela
• Apayao
• Kalinga
• northern and eastern portions of Abra
• eastern portion of Mountain Province (Paracelis)
• Ilocos Norte

Areas under Signal No. 1 are the following:

• rest of Isabela
• Quirino
• Nueva Vizcaya
• rest of Mountain Province
• Ifugao
• Benguet
• rest of Abra
• Ilocos Sur
• La Union
• Pangasinan
• Nueva Ecija
• Aurora
• northeastern portion of Tarlac
• northern portion of Bulacan
• northern portion of Quezon, including Polillo Islands
• Camarines Norte
• northern portion of Camarines Sur
• northern and eastern portions of Catanduanes