PAGASA: Bising may intensify into severe tropical storm within 24 hours

Tropical Storm Bising (international name: Danas) will intensify into a severe tropical storm within the next 24 hours, according to PAGASA.

As of Saturday morning, July 5, Bising was located 460 kilometers west of Basco, Batanes, with maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour and gustiness up to 90 kilometers per hour, moving slowly east-northeastward.

PAGASA forecasts that the trough of Bising will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Babuyan Islands in the next 24 hours while the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) will affect Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, and the rest of Cagayan Valley.

Residents are cautioned against possible flooding and landslides due to moderate to heavy rains forecasted over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, northern portion of Aurora, Zambales, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan, and Antique through Sunday afternoon.

Northern Luzon will experience strong to gale-force gusts with rough coastal waters expected in the western seaboards of Babuyan Islands and Ilocos Norte.