Some schools and local government units announced class suspensions on on December 18, 2017 due to the threat of bad weather from Bagyong Urduja.
Below is the list of areas where class suspensions on December 18 have been announced:
(Update as of 10:20 p.m., 17 Dec. 2017)
- Odiongan, Romblon
- Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
- Naujan, Oriental Mindoro
- Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro
- Baco, Oriental Mindoro
- Socorro, Oriental Mindoro
- Pola, Oriental Mindoro
- Roxas, Oriental Mindoro
- Victoria, Oriental Mindoro
In the latest severe weather bulletin issued at 2:00 p.m., 17 October 2017, Tropical Depression Urduja has maintained its strength and is now in the vicinity of Romblon.
At 1:00 p.m. today, the center of Tropical Depression #UrdujaPh was estimated based on all available data at 65 km East Southeast of Romblon, Romblon(12.4°N, 122.8°E).
It has a maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph and is forecast to move west at 15 kph.
State weather bureau said scattered to at times widespread rains will continue over Southern Quezon, Batangas, Mindoro Provinces, Marinduque, Romblon, and Northern Palawan including Cuyo and Calamian Group of Islands.
Residents of these areas must undertake appropriate measures against flooding and landslides and coordinate with their local disaster risk reduction and management offices. Meanwhile, rains over Bicol Region and Visayas is forecast to gradually weaken.
Bagyong Urduja is expected to be 90 km West of Cuyo, Palawan(10.7°N, 120.2°E) by tomorrow morning, 85 km North Northwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan(10.4°N, 118.4°E) by Tuesday morning, 225 km West of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan(9.9°N, 116.7°E) by Wednesday morning, and 535 km West Southwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan (OUTSIDE PAR)(8.7°N, 114.0°E) by Thursday morning.
Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal Number 1 (30-60kph expected in 36 hrs) was issued for southern part of Occidental Mindoro, southern part of Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, Masbate including Burias and Ticao Islands, and northern part of Palawan including Cuyo, Calamian Group of Islands, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo.
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