State Weather Bureau News

Hundreds of boat passengers bound for Leyte, Bohol and other parts of the Visayas got stranded  in the different ports of Cebu as the Cebu Coast Guard barred small vessels from traveling, say local media. This is due to a gale warning raised by the state weather bureau Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in the Visayas. The authority has issues the order to disallow vessels weighing 250 gross tons or lower not to sail. Pagasa – Mactan Chief Alfredo Quiblat Jr. said intermittent rains will continue to take place as he urged the public to stay indoors. According to a report in Cebu Daily News…

Supertyphoon Haiyan continues to move westward and inch closer to the Philippines, according to the state weather bureau. Traveling at a faster speed of 30 kph (from the previous 20 kph), the typhoon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), is forecast to make landfall in eastern Visayas on Friday. It would affect the Visayas and parts of Luzon and Mindanao. The typhoon was last observed 1,560 km east of Mindanao, packing maximum sustained winds of 120 km per hour and gusts of up to 150 km per hour. The typhoon will be locally named Yolanda when it enters the Philippine area of responsibility.