Tropical storm ‘Nando’ continues to move away from PH; to exit PAR Thursday

MT Satellite image August 28, 2013, Wednesday, 7:32AM. Screengrab from https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/.

MANILA, Philippines—Tropical storm “Nando” (international name: Kong-Rey) continued to move away from the country in a north northwest direction Wednesday morning.

Nando, which was last observed 120 kilometers east of Batanes, is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) by Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.

The storm packed maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 100 kph.

Signal No. 2 remained hoisted over the Batanes Group of Islands, while Cagayan, Calayan and Babuyan Group of Islands remained under Signal 1. Public storm signals elsewhere had been lifted, Pagasa said.

Heavy to intense rains were seen within a 400 kilometer-diameter of the storm. While residents in areas under storm signals, as well as those in Ilocos region and Cordillera, were warned for possible flashfloods and landslides.

Nando will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon, which will bring light to moderate with at times heavy rains and thunderstorms over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon.

Sea travel is risky over the seaboards of northern Luzon, Pagasa said.

Visayas and Mindanao, meanwhile, will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.