Severe Tropical Storm Ulysses was on track to hit areas still reeling from Super Typhoon Rolly late on Wednesday and lash large parts of Luzon overnight, PAGASA said, as it advised the public to stay indoors and brace for floods, rough seas and storm surges in coastal areas.
Ulysses (international name Vamco) could slam into the Polilio Islands off Quezon province at 11 p.m. , PAGASA forecaster Chris Perez said. Based on alternate forecasts, it could turn south, making landfall in northern Bicol or north to Aurora province, he said.
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From Quezon, Ulysses will pass through Bulacan before heading out of the Luzon land mass via Zambales, he said. It will be closest to Metro Manila between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. Thursday, he said.
At 4 a.m., Ulysses was spotted 180 km northeast of Virac, Catanduanes, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 kph with 125 kph gusts, PAGASA said. It could intensify into a typhoon before landfall, Perez said.
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The storm's winds are strong enough to topple trees and electric posts and damage houses, he said.
Heavy rains are likely over the country's eastern seaboard as Ulysses stirs rain clouds. As of mid-morning Wednesday, rainfall warnings have been raised in Aurora and Cagayan.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 2 (61-120 kph winds in the next 24 hours) was raised in the following areas: the southern portion of Quirino (Maddela, Nagtipunan), the southern portion of Nueva Vizcaya (Dupax Del Norte, Dupax Del Sur, Aritao, Santa Fe, Alfonso Castaneda), the eastern portion of Pangasinan (San Nicolas, San Manuel, Natividad, San Quintin, Umingan, Tayug, Santa Maria, Balungao, Asingan, Urdaneta City, Malasiqui, Bayambang, Basista, Bautista, Alcala, Villasis, Rosales, Binalonan, Laoac, Santo Tomas), the southern portion of Zambales (Botolan, Cabangan, San Felipe, San Narciso, San Marcelino, San Antonio, Castillejos, Subic, Olongapo City), Bataan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Bulacan, Metro Manila, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, Batangas, Quezon including Polillo Islands, Marinduque, the northern portion of Occidental Mindoro (Paluan, Abra de Ilog) including Lubang Island, the northern portion of Oriental Mindoro (Pola, Victoria, Naujan, Baco, Calapan City, San Teodoro, Puerto Galera), Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, and Burias and Ticao Islands
Signal no. 1 (30-60kph winds in the next 24 hours) was raised in the rest of Quirino, the rest of Nueva Vizcaya, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Abra, Ilocos Sur, La Union, the rest of Pangasinan, the rest of Zambales, the rest of Occidental Mindoro, the rest of Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, and the rest of Masbate; Northern Samar, the northern portion of Samar (Santo Nino, Almagro, Tagapul-An, Tarangnan, Calbayog City, Santa Margarita, Gandara, Pagsanghan, San Jorge, San Jose de Buan, Matuguinao), and the northern portion of Eastern Samar (Maslog, Dolores, Oras, San Policarpo, Arteche, Jipapad).
