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Tropical depression Lannie is the 12th recorded tropical storm this year.
The low-pressure area (LPA) east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte has intensified into a tropical depression at 2 AM on Monday, October 4, 2021, the state weather bureau announced.
In its 5 AM weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued a tropical cyclone bulletin.
Tropical depression Lannie is the 12th recorded storm to enter the Philippines this year. According to PAGASA, as of 3 AM today, the center of tropical depression Lannie was at 110 km east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/hh near the center and gustiness of up to 55 km/h.
It is moving northwestward at 20 km/h.
Tropical cyclone wind signal no.1 was raised in some areas, including:
- southern part of Masbate
- southern part of Romblon
- southern part of Palawan
- southern part of Oriental Mindoro
- Leyte
- Northern Samar
- Eastern Samar
- Samar
- Capiz
- Iloilo
- Aklan
- Guimaras
- Antique
- Southern Leyte
- Biliran
- Negros Occidental
- northern and central part of Negros Oriental
- Siquijor
- Cebu
- Bohol
- Surigao del Norte
- Dinagat Islands
- northern part of Agusan del Sur
- Agusan del Norte
- northern part of Surigao del Sur
Photo courtesy of PAGASA
The Bicol Region, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Western Visayas are expected to experience light to occasionally moderate rains and thunderstorms.
Meanwhile, light to moderate with at times heavy rain can be expected in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Bataan, and the rest of Mindanao.
In its Tropical Cyclone Bulletin No.2 issued at 8 AM, PAGASA reports that tropical depression Lannie is now over the Surigao Strait and is about to make landfall in the vicinity of Southern Leyte.
Photo courtesy of PAGASA
Moreover, the storm is forecast to remain as a tropical depression all throughout its traverse in the central Philippines, with a possibility of slight intensification once over the Sulu Sea, said PAGASA.
It is expected to leave the Philippine area of responsibility on Thursday, October 7, 2021.
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