(UPDATE) More areas have been placed under signal No. 2 as Tropical Storm Agaton, the first storm of 2022, is about to make landfall in the southeastern portion of Eastern Samar on Sunday, state weather bureau PAGASA said.
At 7 a.m., Agaton was spotted over the coastal waters of Guian, Eastern Samar. It packs maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 105 kilometers per hour moving west northwestward at 10 kilometers per hour.
Signal No. 2, where gale-force winds are prevailing or expected within the next 24, are raised over the following areas:
- The southern portion of Eastern Samar (Guiuan, Mercedes, Salcedo, Quinapondan, Giporlos, Balangiga, Lawaan, General Macarthur, Hernani, Llorente, Balangkayan, Maydolong, Borongan City)
- The southern portion of Samar (Marabut, Basey, Calbiga, Pinabacdao, Villareal, Santa Rita)
- The northeastern portion of Leyte (Babatngon, Tacloban City, Palo, Tanauan, Tolosa)
Signal No. 1, where strong winds are prevailing of expected within the next 24 hours, are raised over the following areas:
- The rest of Eastern Samar
- The rest of Samar
- Northern Samar
- Biliran
- The rest of Leyte
- Southern Leyte
- The northeastern portion of Cebu (Daanbantayan, Medellin, Bogo City, Tabogon, Borbon) including Camotes Islands
Residents of Eastern Visayas and Dinagat Islands may experience heavy to intense with at times torrential rains, while moderate to heavy with at times intense rains are expected over the Surigao del Norte, Agusan del Norte, Bohol, and Cebu.
Agaton was forecast to remain almost stationary or move west northwestward slowly, and would likely remain a tropical storm for most of the forecast period, although PAGASA did not rule out a possible downgrading to tropical depression as it passed on land.
Agaton was forecast to degenerate into a remnant low as Malakas, an incoming tropical cyclone, begins to assimilate its circulation by late Tuesday or early Wednesday.
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