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NDRRMC national headquarters on red alert over Typhoon Lando
Typhoon Lando (Koppu) continues to gain strength as it moves towards the Aurora-Isabela area, said state weather bureau PAGASA on at 10 am Friday , October 16
MANILA, Philippines – The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC) placed its national operation center on red alert starting 12 noon Friday, October 16, as Typhoon Lando (international codename Koppu) continues to gain strength. (READ: Typhoon Lando gains strength; Signal No. 2 over Isabela, Aurora)
The NDRRMC is scheduled to brief President Benigno Aquino III on Typhoon Lando on Friday.
Senior disaster officers are assigned to their respective operation centers to monitor the typhoon. At the national level, the NDRRMC is regularly conducting a pre-disaster risk assessment (PDRA).
The PDRA is a tool that identifies possible risks and impacts of particular hazards in specific areas over a particular period of time.
The alert also means all agencies under NDRRMC and its offices in affected areas must report to their headquarters 24/7.
Typhoon with strong intensity
Typhoon Lando continues to gain strength as it moves towards the Aurora-Isabela area, said state weather bureau PAGASA late morning Friday, October 16.
As of 10 am Friday, the center of Typhoon Lando was located at 585 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora, with maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 160 km/h.
The Japan Meteorological Agency classified Lando as a typhoon with a strong intensity.
It is still moving west in direction at 15 km/h, with heavy to intense rainfall estimated within its 550-km diameter.
Typhoon Lando is expected to make landfall in the Aurora-Isabela area between 4 am to 8 am Sunday, October 18.
Typhoon Lando (Koppu) continues to gain strength as it moves towards the Aurora-Isabela area, said state weather bureau PAGASA on at 10 am Friday , October 16
MANILA, Philippines – The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC) placed its national operation center on red alert starting 12 noon Friday, October 16, as Typhoon Lando (international codename Koppu) continues to gain strength. (READ: Typhoon Lando gains strength; Signal No. 2 over Isabela, Aurora)
The NDRRMC is scheduled to brief President Benigno Aquino III on Typhoon Lando on Friday.
Senior disaster officers are assigned to their respective operation centers to monitor the typhoon. At the national level, the NDRRMC is regularly conducting a pre-disaster risk assessment (PDRA).
The PDRA is a tool that identifies possible risks and impacts of particular hazards in specific areas over a particular period of time.
The alert also means all agencies under NDRRMC and its offices in affected areas must report to their headquarters 24/7.
Typhoon with strong intensity
Typhoon Lando continues to gain strength as it moves towards the Aurora-Isabela area, said state weather bureau PAGASA late morning Friday, October 16.
As of 10 am Friday, the center of Typhoon Lando was located at 585 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora, with maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 160 km/h.
The Japan Meteorological Agency classified Lando as a typhoon with a strong intensity.
It is still moving west in direction at 15 km/h, with heavy to intense rainfall estimated within its 550-km diameter.
Typhoon Lando is expected to make landfall in the Aurora-Isabela area between 4 am to 8 am Sunday, October 18.