Typhoon Bising: Latest Updates from PAGASA

Typhoon 'Bising' (international name: Surigae) has been affecting the Philippines with warnings of moderate to heavy rains, occasionally intense, over Eastern Visayas and Bicol Region, as well as in Northern Samar. The typhoon is moving slowly towards east of Catanduanes with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour and gustiness up to 250 kph.

PAGASA has raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 over eight areas including Eastern Samar, the eastern portion of Northern Samar, central and southern portions of Samar, the eastern portion of Leyte, the eastern portion of Southern Leyte, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte (including Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands), and Surigao del Sur as typhoon Bising rapidly intensified over the Philippine Sea east of Northern Mindanao.

The state weather bureau maintains that under these conditions, flooding (including flashfloods) and rain-induced landslides are likely to occur especially in areas identified in hazard maps as highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards.