While the storm is expected to weaken on Monday as it makes landfall across the main island of Luzon, including Manila, officials said it is “highly likely” that it will “remain a typhoon as it traverses land.”
If Nauru is close to the Philippines, its Wind speed increased from 60 mph to 160 mph in 24 hours Because it transformed from a tropical storm to the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane.This leap is Among the fastest 24-hour fortification rates recorded in any tropical cyclone.
Human-caused climate change is increasing the potential for this rapid strengthening, scientists say.
In Manila, rescue workers were preparing rubber dinghies and life jackets on Sunday as authorities began evacuating people from coastal areas.
Philippine President Tip: Ferdinand Marcos cancels classes on Sunday In public schools and closed non-emergency government buildings to keep people indoors and out of the storm’s path, his office said on social media.
Local services were disrupted, dozens of international and Domestic flights are cancelled That included a United Airlines flight to Guam due to weather, authorities said.
This US embassy rescheduled All consular appointments in Manila on Monday. Curtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, said he was on the same page as those in the Philippines, as he shared images of the storm intensifying rapidly Saturday through Sunday.
The typhoon is expected to bring high waves, heavy rain and gusts of up to about 127 mph to the northern island of Luzon (population more than 64 million) over the next 24 hours.
“Under this scenario, flooding and rainfall-induced landslides that spread to a large area are expected, especially at the heights identified in the hazard map or in areas that are very vulnerable to these hazards and areas with high precipitation, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.
At 5:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, the agency said the eye of the storm had made landfall near Burdeos, an urban area in the Quezon province of the Porillio Islands.
It forecasts a “high to very high risk” of storm surges of about 10 feet or higher in low-lying and exposed coastal areas of northern Quezon, the Polilo Islands and Aurora. It said “heavy to heavy rainfall” is expected in the Metro Manila area, including Quezon City, nearby provinces and northern Quezon, by Monday morning.
After crossing Luzon, Nauru is expected to appear in the South China Sea early this week and regain strength before making a second landing in central Vietnam.
Nauru is one of many tropical storms to hit the Philippines this year. The capital and northern provinces are recovering from a cyclone that caused flooding and landslides last month and killed three people, Reuters reported.
One of the strongest storms to hit Canada hit the Nova Scotia coastline on Saturday, knocking out much of Nova Scotia and nearly all of Prince Edward Island. Former Hurricane Fiona was Canada’s lowest-pressure landfall storm on record. Canadian Hurricane Centrewhich also reported wind gusts from the hurricane hitting the region.
Meanwhile, a tropical storm named Ian swept through the central Caribbean, and weather experts said the journey could climax when it collides with a hurricane in Florida on Thursday.
Jason Samenow, Matthew Cappucci, Selena Ross and Sydney Page contributed to this report.