Typhoon Rolly has been declared a “super typhoon” by PAGASA as it placed Catanduanes under extremely dangerous situation and raised Signal No. 5 in three areas.
In its 3:43 am weather bulletin today, Nov. 1, PAGASA also placed some portions of northern Iloilo, Antique, Capiz and Aklan under Signal Nos. 1 and 2.
The weather bureau added that Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 5 will be raised over Catanduanes, Eastern Camarines Sur, and Albay. Catastrophic wind damage is expected.
Earlier, in the 2 a.m. Severe Weather Bulletin, PAGASA said Catanduanes is under an extremely dangerous situation as Typhoon Rolly is hours from landfall over the province.
Within the next 12 hours, violent winds and intense to torrential rainfall associated with the region of the eyewall and inner rain bands of the typhoon will be experienced over Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, and the southern portion of Quezon. This a particularly dangerous situation for these areas.
As of 1 a.m. on Sunday, the center of the eye of Typhoon Rolly was located based on all available data including those from Virac and Daet Doppler Weather Radars at 110 kilometers east northeast of Virac, Catanduanes with maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 265 kph and moving in the west southwest direction at the speed of 25 kph.
The center of the eye of Typhoon Rolly is forecast to make landfall at or near its current peak intensity over Catanduanes this early Sunday morning and over Camarines Sur.
Afterwards, the center will cross the Camarines Provinces before heading towards mainland Quezon this afternoon.
After crossing the Calabarzon area, the center of Rolly is forecast to exit the mainland Luzon landmass and emerge over the Philippine Sea on tomorrow early morning.
During its traverse of Southern Luzon, Rolly is forecast to weaken considerably and emerge as a severe tropical storm or minimal typhoon over the West Philippine Sea.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 is hoisted over the following areas:
- Catanduanes
- Camarines Norte
- Camarines Sur
- the northern portion of Albay (Rapu-Rapu, Bacacay, Tabaco City, Malilipot, Santo Domingo, Malinao, Tiwi, Polangui, Libon)
- the eastern portion of Quezon (Tagkawayan, Guinayangan, Calauag, Lopez, Catanauan, Buenavista, Mulanay, San Narciso, San Andres, San Francisco).
TCWS No. 3 is hoisted over:
- The rest of Albay
- Burias and Ticao Islands
- Sorsogon
- The rest of Quezon including Polillo Islands
- Laguna
- Rizal
- Cavite
- Batangas
- Metro Manila
- The southern portion of Bulacan (Norzagaray, Santa Maria, Balagtas, Bulacan, San Jose del Monte City, Bocaue, Marilao, Meycauayan City, Obando)
- Marinduque
- The northern portion of Occidental Mindoro (Abra de Ilog)
- Northern portion of Oriental Mindoro (Gloria, Pinamalayan, Socorro, Pola, Victoria, Naujan, Calapan City, Baco, San Teodoro, Puerto Galera)
- The northern portion of Romblon (Concepcion, Banton, Corcuera)
The areas under TCWS No. 2 are:
- Luzon
- the rest of Masbate
- the rest of Romblon
- the rest of Oriental Mindoro
- Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island
- the rest of Batangas
- Cavite
- Metro Manila
- Bulacan
- Pampanga
- Bataan
- Zambales
- Tarlac
- Nueva Ecija
- the central and southern portion of Aurora (Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler, San Luis, Dingalan)
- the southern portion of Quirino (Nagtipunan)
- the southern portion of Nueva Vizcaya (Alfonso Castaneda, Dupax Del Norte, Dupax Del Sur)
- Pangasinan
- Visayas — the northern portion of Samar (Catbalogan City, Jiabong, Motiong, Paranas, Hinabangan, San Sebastian, Tarangnan, Pagsanghan, San Jorge, San Jose de Buan, Matuguinao, Gandara, Santa Margarita, Calbayog City, Santo Nino, Almagro, Tagapul-An)
- the northern portion of Eastern Samar (San Julian, Sulat, Taft, CanAvid, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, San Policarpo, Arteche, Jipapad)
- the extreme northern portion of Antique (Pandan, Libertad, Caluya)
- the northwestern portion of Aklan (Buruanga, Malay, Nabas, Ibajay)
TCWS No. 1 is declared over the following areas:
- Luzon
- the southern portion of Cagayan (Peñablanca, Iguig, Rizal, Piat, Tuao, Solana, Tuguegarao City, Enrile)
- Isabela
- the rest of Quirino
- the rest of Nueva Vizcaya
- the southern portion of Apayao (Conner)
- Kalinga
- Abra
- Mountain Province
- Ifugao
- Benguet
- the southern portion of Ilocos Norte (Nueva Era, Dingras, Sarrat, San Nicolas, Laoag City, Paoay, Currimao, Badoc, Pinili, Batac City, Banna, Marcos)
- Ilocos Sur
- La Union
- the rest of Aurora
- Calamian Islands
- Visayas — the rest of the northern portion of Antique (Sebaste, Culasi) the rest of Aklan the northern portion of Capiz (Jamindan, Mambusao, Sapi-An, Ivisan, Roxas City, Panay, Pilar, Sigma, Dao, Panitan, Pontevedra, President Roxas) the northern portion of Iloilo (Carles, Balasan, Estancia, Batad)
- Biliran
- the northern portion of Leyte (Leyte, Tabango, San Isidro, Calubian, Capoocan, Carigara, Tunga, Barugo, San Miguel, Babatngon, Tacloban City)
- the rest of Samar
- the rest of Eastern Samar
- Hazards affecting land areas
On Sunday (Nov. 1), the passage of Typhoon Rolly will bring heavy to intense with at times torrential rains over Bicol Region, Calabarzon, Metro Manila, Marinduque, Romblon, Mindoro Provinces, Bataan, Bulacan, Aurora, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Biliran, and the eastern portions of mainland Cagayan and Isabela.
Moderate to heavy rains with at times intense rains will be experienced over Cordillera Administrative Region, Leyte, and the rest of mainland Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon.
Light to moderate with at times heavy rains will be experienced over Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, and the rest of Luzon and Visayas.
Flooding (including flash floods), rain-induced landslides, and sediment-laden streamflows (i.e. lahar) may occur during heavy or prolonged rainfall especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards.
Very destructive typhoon-force winds will be experienced in areas under TCWS No. 4, destructive typhoon-force winds in areas under TCWS No. 3, damaging gale- to storm-force winds in areas under TCWS No. 2, and strong breeze to near gale conditions in areas under TCWS No. 1.
Elsewhere, strong breeze to near gale conditions due to the northeasterlies will be experienced over the rest of Northern Luzon that are not under TCWS No. 1.
In the next 24 hours, there is a high risk of storm surge of more than 3.0 m over the coastal areas of Catanduanes and Camarines Norte and the northern coastal areas of Quezon including Polillo Islands and Camarines Sur; up to 3.0 m over the coastal areas of Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, the southeastern coastal area of Batangas (facing Tayabas Bay), and most of the southern coastal areas of Quezon; up to 2.0 m over the coastal areas of Marinduque, Lubang Island, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Burias Island and the remaining coastal areas of Quezon, Camarines Sur, and Batangas.
As of 1 a.m. on Sunday, the center of Tropical Depression Atsani was estimated at 1,385 kilometers east of Southern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kilometers per hour and moving west-northwestward at 20 kph.
Atsani and is forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday afternoon.
Once inside the PAR, Atsani will be given the domestic name Siony. It remains less likely to affect any portion of the country over the next 2 to 3 days. It is likely to re-intensify into a tropical storm in the next 12 to 24 hours.
