The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa) has placed several provinces under Signal # 3, as Pedring (International name: NESA) slightly intensifies with a maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour, moving West NorthWest at 19kph.
Signal # 3 is up in the following areas: Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Northern Quezon including Polillo Island, Aurora, Quirino and Isabela.
Signal # 2: Albay including Burias Island, Sorsogon, Rest of Quezon, Rizal, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Benguet, Mt. Province, Kalinga, Cagayan and Metro Manila.
Signal # 1: Ticao Island, Masbate, Marinduque, Batangas, Cavite, Bataan, Pampanga, Zambales, Tarlac, Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, Abra, Apayao and Calayan and Babuyan Group of Islands; and Northern Samar.
Nathaniel Servando, Pagasa administrator said in a press conference 5:00 pm Monday that Pedring is expected to make landfall between Isabela and Aurora areas Tuesday dawn.
"Inaasahan na lalakas pa ito," he told reporters, noting that Pedring might have "25-30 percent ng rainfall" of September 2009's devastating typhoon, Ondoy (Ketsana).
A Pagasa bulletin says Signal # 3 may mean "heavy damage to agriculture, some large trees uprooted, majority of nipa and cogon houses unroofed or destroyed, considerable damage to structures of light to medium construction, moderate to heavy disruption of electrical power and communication services.
Travel by land, sea and air is dangerous, Pagasa added.
Pagasa said classes up to highschool level are automatically suspended in areas under Signal # 2.
