MANILA - Weather forecasters on Friday warned that typhoon Pepeng (international codename Parma) can cause "very heavy damage" to communities in northern Luzon and increase water levels in flooded areas in Metro Manila badly hit by tropical storm Ondoy (Ketsana).
"It is hazardous. It can create disaster. It is a very strong typhoon with 195 kilometers per hour of winds that can bring very heavy damaged to affected communities," Nathaniel Cruz, chief weather forecaster of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (PAGASA), said in a briefing on Friday morning.
Cruz said the areas that would feel Pepeng's wrath were provinces in northern Luzon, including Aurora and Isabela. He said the provinces of Quezon, Cagayan, Nueva Viscaya, and Quirino "cannot be spared" by Pepeng, which has been tagged as a supertyphoon by international news agencies.
He said communities in these provinces should watch out for landslides, flashfloods and storm surges.
As the media briefing was being conducted before noon on Friday, Pepeng was already pounding Bicol provinces with strong winds and rains.
As of 11 a.m., the typhoon was 180 kilometers east northeast of Virac town, Catanduanes province with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 230 kph.
It was moving fast at 19 kph towards the Isabela-Aurora area.
The typhoon was expected to make a landfall in Aurora by Saturday morning and cross northern Luzon throughout the day before exiting to the South China Sea through Ilocos region by Sunday morning.
as of 10/02/2009 1:08 PM
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Typhoon Pepeng has just combined with a tropical storm forming a so called Hyper Typhoon. No typhoon has ever matched the speed of its winds, which can easily bring down concrete walls. Downpour is estimated to be thrice Ondoy's. Please pass to inform everyone. Prepare well for the strongest typhoon to ever hit our country. Also charge your phones now despite the report that there will be no power outage. Please use your phone wisely, cause you might need it for emergency calls. Typhoon Pepeng is a Type 5 storm. Critical Hours is at 9 PM tonight. Winds and Rains are stronger than Milenyo. And Metro Manila will be hit by the tail and body. Unless it will change it's course.
Please pass.
Thank you, and God Bless
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