Typhoon "Kiko" (Morakot) weakened as it made landfall over Taiwan Saturday, but was still powerful enough to put four areas in northern Luzon under Storm Signal No. 1. As of 4 a.m. Saturday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said "Kiko" was 390 km north of Basco, Batanes.
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Pagasa weather bulletin as of 5 a.m. Saturday Extreme Northern Luzon will experience rains and gusty winds while Western Visayas and the rest of Luzon will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming occasional rains over the Western sections of central and southern Luzon. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms
Get more information here Pagasa said "Kiko" packed maximum winds of 130 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kph, and was moving west-northwest at 9 kph. On Sunday morning, it is expected to be 515 km north-northwest of Basco, Batanes or 40 km southeast of Southeastern China. Under Storm Signal No. 1 are Batanes, Northern Cagayan, Apayao, and Ilocos Norte. Meanwhile, Pagasa continues to track a low-pressure area (LPA) over the Pacific Ocean, estimated at 1,650 km east-northeast of Northern Luzon. It warned residents in low-lying areas and near mountain slopes to take all precautions against possible flashfloods and landslides. Also, it said moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago with moderate to rough seas. As of 6 p.m. Friday, ten people, including three foreign trekkers and three children, have been killed in a flash flood and landslide unleashed by typhoon "Kiko" in the northern Philippines. [See:
'Kiko' death toll rises to 10; 29K folks affected in Luzon] Meanwhile, Pagasa said the surge of the southwest monsoon is expected to affect the western and eastern seaboards of Luzon and Visayas. "Fishing boats and other small seacraft are advised not to venture out into the sea while larger sea vessels are alerted against big waves," it said.
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