According to the latest storm information from the Philippine Meteorological Agency ( pagasa), after making landfall in Dolores (Eastern Samar), the tropical depression continues to accelerate and is moving northwest.
In the 5 a.m. bulletin on December 7 (local time), Pagasa weather expert Robert Badrina said that strong wind warnings are still maintained in many areas of Luzon including Sorsogon, Masbate (including Ticao and burias), Romblon, southern Oriental Mindoro, southern Western Mindoro and the extreme northern part of Palawan.
In the Visayas, a similar warning is applied to Northern Samar; northern and central Eastern Samar; northern and central Samar; Biliran; North Leyte; North Cebu... These are all areas where tourists need to pay special attention to the latest storm news and pay attention to bad weather conditions.
According to Pagasa, the tropical depression is moving faster at a speed of 15 km/h in the west-northwest direction, the center of the tropical depression is identified near Calbayog City (Samar), bringing strong winds of 45 km/h and gusts of up to 75 km/h.
The forecast says that for most of the coming time, the tropical depression will continue to move west-southwest, sweeping across Southern Luzon and the Visayas, then moving out to the Sulu Sea and possibly overtaking North Palawan in the morning or afternoon of Monday.
Pagasa forecasts that the cold air intensified from the Northeast monsoon is creating an unfavorable environment, causing the tropical depression to rapidly weaken into a low pressure area when entering the East Sea.
According to the tropical depression forecast from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, at 07:00 on December 7, the tropical depression was active near the East Sea with the center at 12.0°N - 124.3°E.
The strongest wind is level 6, gusting to level 8 and moving west at a speed of about 15 km/h. This is important information in the forecast bulletin of the tropical depression near the East Sea that ships and tourists need to closely monitor.
In the next 24-48 hours, the tropical depression is forecast to continue moving in the West Southwest direction at a speed of 15-20 km/h.
From the morning of December 8, the sea area in the Southeast of the Central East Sea - including the northeast of the Truong Sa area - will have winds gradually increasing to level 6, gusting to level 8, waves 2-4 m high, rough seas. In the danger zone, ships may encounter thunderstorms, whirlwinds, strong winds and large waves, and need to proactively seek safe shelter.
