MANILA, Philippines — After whipping Northern Luzon on Thursday, Typhoon “Marce” has weakened and is now over the sea of east of Ilocos Norte, the state-run weather agency said Friday.
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Administrator Nathaniel Servando said, however that Signal No. 4 remained up over Ilocos Norte, the northernmost portion of Ilocos Sur (Sinait and Cabugao), the northern portion of Abra (Danglas, Lagayan and Tineg),the northwestern portion of Apayao (Calanasan), and the northwestern portion of mainland Cagayan (Sanchez-Mira, Claveria and Santa Praxedes).
Under Signal No. 3 are the southern and western portion of Babuyan Islands (Fuga Island, Dalupiri Island, Calayan Island and Camiguin Island), the northern and western portions of Cagayan (Piat, Santo Niño, Rizal, Aparri, Lasam, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Allacapan, Pamplona, Abulug and Ballesteros), the rest of Apayao, the central portion of Abra (Lacub, San Juan, La Paz, Bangued, Langiden, San Quintin, Pidigan, Malibcong, Peñarrubia, Bucay, Licuan-Baay, Lagangilang, Dolores, Tayum, Sallapadan and San Isidro), and the northern portion of Ilocos Sur (Santo Domingo, San Vicente, Santa Catalina, Bantay, San Ildefonso, City of Vigan, Caoayan, Santa, Narvacan, Nagbukel, Magsingal and San Juan).
Meanwhile, Signal No. 2 is up over the southern portion of Batanes (Mahatao, Uyugan, Basco, Ivana and Sabtang), the rest of Babuyan Islands, the rest of mainland Cagayan, the northern and western portions of Isabela (San Pablo, Santa Maria, Tumauini, Maconacon, Cabagan, Santo Tomas, Quezon, Mallig, Delfin Albano, Quirino, Gamu, Roxas, Burgos, Reina Mercedes, Luna, Aurora, San Manuel, San Mateo and Cabatuan), the rest of Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, the northern portion of Ifugao (Alfonso Lista, Aguinaldo, Mayoyao, Banaue and Hungduan), the northern portion of Benguet (Bakun and Mankayan), the rest of Ilocos Sur, and the northern portion of La Union (Sudipen, Bangar, Balaoan, Luna, Santol and Bacnotan).
Also in Luzon, the rest of Batanes, the rest of La Union, Pangasinan, the rest of Ifugao, the rest of Benguet, the rest of Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, the northern and central portions of Aurora (Dilasag, Casiguran, Dinalungan and Dipaculao), the northern portion of Nueva Ecija (Carranglan), and the northern portion of Zambales (Santa Cruz and Candelaria) are under Signal No. 1.
The center of the eye of the typhoon is estimated over the coastal waters of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte while moving west-northwestward at 10 kilometers per hour (kph) with maximum sustained winds of 155kph near the center and gustiness of up to 215kph, according to Pagasa’s 5 a.m. bulletin.
The state weather bureau said Marce would continue to weaken due to the possible dry air intrusion from the prevailing northeasterly wind flow.
Nevertheless, it will remain as a typhoon throughout its passage within the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
Over the next 24 hours, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be experiencing partly cloudy to overcast skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to localized thunderstorms, Pagasa said.
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