{"id":81027,"date":"2016-09-13T02:29:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T06:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=81027"},"modified":"2016-09-13T03:50:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T07:50:41","slug":"ferdie-nears-super-typhoon-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/09\/13\/ferdie-nears-super-typhoon-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ferdie\u2019 nears super typhoon strength"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA \u2013 State forecasters are not discounting the possibility of typhoon \u2018Ferdie\u2019 (international name \u2018Meranti\u2019) further intensifying into a super typhoon while inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).<\/p>\n

Such scenario is possible since the already intense \u2018Ferdie\u2019 threatening Northern Luzon at present is still over water where this typhoon can further gather energy it needs to gain more strength, said Buddy Javier, who is a weather forecaster of State-run Philippine Atmospheric,Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunities there must prepare for such possibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He warned of more downpour, stronger winds, rougher seas and higher storm surges if \u2018Ferdie\u2019 intensifies further.<\/p>\n

Javier urged precaution, noting PAGASA\u2019s 9th severe weather bulletin issued Tuesday (Sept. 13) already raised tropical cyclone warning signal 4 in Northern Luzon\u2019s Batanes province as the agency forecast there 171 kph to 220 kph winds from \u2018Ferdie.\u2019<\/p>\n

He said PAGASA expects \u2018Ferdie\u2019 to landfall in Batanes this Wednesday (Sept. 14) and exit PAR later that day.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoastal areas there can experience storm surges two to three meters high,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Waves in waters off Batanes can rise beyond 14 meters, he also said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeavy rainfall is likely there,\u201d he said further.<\/p>\n

PAGASA also said signal 3 is already prevailing in Babuyan Islands where 121 kph to 170 kph winds, rough waters and up to 2.0 meter-high storm surges can be expected.<\/p>\n

Signal 2 is over Ilocos Norte, northern Cagayan and Apayao province as PAGASA expects 61 kph to 120 kph winds there aside from 4.1 meter- to 14 meter-high waves and possible storm surges.<\/p>\n

The rest of Cagayan, northern areas of both Isabela and Ilocos Sur provinces as well as Kalinga and Abra provinces are under signal 1 where 30 kph to 60 kph winds are likely, PAGASA noted.<\/p>\n

PAGASA located \u2018Ferdie\u2019 at some 340 km east-southeast of Batanes\u2019 Basco municipality as of 10 a.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ferdie\u2019 then packed maximum sustained winds of 215 kph near its center, said PAGASA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat strength is already very near the minimum super typhoon level of 220 kph and \u2018Ferdie\u2019 can still intensify further,\u201d Javier said.<\/p>\n

He also said \u2018Ferdie\u2019 registered gustiness of 250 kph.<\/p>\n

The typhoon will likely move west-northwest at a faster 23 kph, he continued.<\/p>\n

PAGASA data also show the diameter of \u2018Ferdie\u2019 is already enlarged to 600 km from 500 km earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat typhoon has a bigger circulation already,\u201d Javier said.<\/p>\n

PAGASA weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio also urged preparations for looming onslaught of \u2018Ferdie.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s possibility for \u2018Ferdie\u2019 intensifying further and moving faster,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said Northern Luzon communities will experience impacts of \u2018Ferdie\u2019 beginning Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Aurelio noted that PAGASA is monitoring two tropical cyclones (TCs) outside PAR at present.<\/p>\n

The TC southeast of Vietnam is moving west-northwest and unlikely to affect \u2018Ferdie,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Data indicate \u201clow\u201d chance for such TC to enter PAR, he noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill too far to affect \u2018Ferdie\u2019 is the TC west of Guam and moving westwards,\u201d Aurelio said further.<\/p>\n

He noted PAGASA expects such TC to enter PAR this Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Javier said the TC is already a storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 kph and gustiness of up to 80 kph.<\/p>\n

He noted PAGASA will name the storm \u2018Gener\u2019 once this TC enters PAR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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