TYPHOON GONI (INENG) UPDATE NUMBER 5 Issued at: 1:15 PM PhT (05:15 GMT) Thursday 20 August 2015 Next Update: Thursday Evening, 20 August 2015
Powerful Typhoon GONI (INENG) continues to slow down as it moves closer to Extreme Northern Luzon...remains a full threat to the Batanes Group of Islands. This cyclone will start to affect Northern Cagayan and the Batanes Group of Islands beginning early Friday (Aug 21). Its outermost rainbands has already reached Batanes and Cagayan - where our Cagayan-based Automated Weather Stations (AWS) have recorded occasional rains with gusty winds at 40 to 75 km/hr.
GONI will enhance the Southwest Monsoon (Hanging Habagat) bringing occasional to frequent rains with thunderstorms across Palawan incl. Calamian Group, Cuyo and Pamalican Islands, the western sections of Negros Occidental, Western Visayas, Lubang Island, Mindoro, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, and Metro Manila beginning today until the weekend. Residents are advised to take precautionary measures against possible flashfloods or landslides.
Residents and visitors along Extreme Northern Luzon and Taiwan should closely monitor the development of TY GONI (INENG).