Typhoon Marce stalls over northern Cagayan waters

Typhoon Marce (international name: Yinxing) is moving slowly west over the waters of northern Cagayan, currently almost stationary.

As of Wednesday 8 p.m., Marce was located 260 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan, with maximum sustained winds of 150 kph and gusts of up to 185 kph.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3 is now in effect over the northern portion of mainland Cagayan, the southern portion of Babuyan Islands, and the eastern portion of Apayao.

Signal No. 2 is raised over Batanes, the rest of Babuyan Islands, the rest of mainland Cagayan, the northern portion of Isabela, the rest of Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Ilocos Norte, and the northern portion of Ilocos Sur.

The typhoon is expected to bring strong to gale-force gusts over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and Pangasinan.

Marce will remain a typhoon throughout its time inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).

The typhoon is expected to make landfall and cross Babuyan Islands or the northern parts of mainland Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, and Apayao from Thursday afternoon to early Friday morning, though it may also just pass very close to these areas, both scenarios would still have a serious impact.