PNP on Alert for Typhoon Francisco
PAGASA said the storm could bring 50 to 100 millimeters of rain in Batanes and Cagayan as it strengthens offshore.
- On Monday, June 22, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 over Batanes and parts of Cagayan as Typhoon Francisco intensified over the Philippine Sea.
- Francisco remains over the Philippine Sea and is unlikely to make landfall, though forecasters expect the storm to recurve near the Batanes-Babuyan area between Tuesday and Thursday before tracking toward southern Japan.
- Packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 170 kph, Francisco is enhancing the southwest monsoon, known as habagat, which will bring scattered rains across the country.
- Police and education officials activated disaster protocols, with PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. urging residents to "stay vigilant" against flash floods and landslides in high-risk communities.
- PAGASA warned Francisco could intensify into a super typhoon within 12 hours, while forecasters monitor a separate low-pressure area 3,020 kilometers east of Southeastern Luzon with minimal development risk.
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‘Francisco’ intensifies into a typhoon
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