MANILA, Philippines – Enteng (Yagi), which is still enhancing the southwest monsoon or habagat even though it is already outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), intensified from a typhoon into a super typhoon on Thursday, September 5.
Enteng was last spotted 595 kilometers west northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, as of Thursday afternoon. The super typhoon is slowly moving west toward China.
It now has maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 240 km/h.
Enteng’s slow pace means it is taking longer to move further away from PAR, and as a result, its enhancement of the southwest monsoon also continues.
As Enteng also strengthened, its trough or extension is reaching extreme Northern Luzon.
In a briefing past 5 pm on Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said scattered rain and thunderstorms are expected in Batanes and Babuyan Islands due to the trough of the super typhoon.
Meanwhile, the enhanced southwest monsoon is affecting most of the remaining areas in Luzon, with floods and landslides still likely.
PAGASA said heavy to intense rain will continue in Pangasinan, Zambales, and Bataan in the coming hours.
Moderate to heavy rain will still hit Metro Manila, Cavite, Batangas, Rizal, Laguna, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, the Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of the Ilocos Region, and the rest of Central Luzon.
Moderate to at times heavy rain will also be seen in Palawan, Quezon, Marinduque, Romblon, and the rest of Cagayan Valley.
PAGASA said the rain may gradually become less intense when Enteng moves further away from PAR, as it would no longer enhance the southwest monsoon then.
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Enteng was the Philippines’ fifth tropical cyclone for 2024 and the first for September. PAGASA previously estimated there may be two or three tropical cyclones during the month.
There is also a 66% chance of La Niña forming in the September-November period. – Rappler.com