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DILG orders full evacuation of high-risk areas ahead of storm landfall
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered local government units (LGUs) to complete the evacuation of residents in high-risk communities by Sunday, ahead of the expected landfall of severe tropical storm Fung-Wong, to be named "Uwan" locally.
The DILG stressed that early evacuation saves lives and urged local chief executives to complete preemptive or mandatory evacuations no later than Sunday.
As of Friday, Fung-Wong was last tracked some 1,690 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 90 kph.
The storm is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility by late Friday or early Saturday, strengthening into a typhoon by Friday night and possibly into a super typhoon by Saturday.
A possible landfall in Northern or Central Luzon by Monday is projected by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
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Tropical Storm Fung-Wong, expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) by late Friday or early Saturday and be named Uwan, may intensify into a super typhoon.
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Severe Tropical Storm Fung-Wong has intensified with maximum sustained winds of 100 kph and gustiness up to 125 kph, moving west northwestward at 20 kph.
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A tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is being monitored by Pagasa and is expected to intensify.
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