HOLY SATURDAY MORNING: REPEATED FLOOD, STORM SURGE …

 

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HOLY SATURDAY MORNING: REPEATED FLOOD, STORM SURGE WARNINGS
UP! ‘CHEDENG’ CLOSES IN LUZON

NO SIGN OF CHEDENG Hundreds of vacationers are scattered
on this long stretch of beach in Baler, Aurora, unmindful of
repeated warnings made by the local government about the arrival of
Typhoon Chedeng. Baler Mayor Nelianto Bihasa has ordered all hotels
and transient houses owners to tell their guests to leave town
before night fall yesterday to ensure their safety as the weather
disturbance is expected to make landfall either in Aurora and
Isabela provinces Sunday morning. (Ariel
Avendano) The state weather
bureau yesterday warned residents in low-lying and mountainous areas
along the path of typhoon Chedeng of possible flashfloods,
landslides, storm surges, and surface waves of up to two meters as
the cyclone continues to move toward Northern-Central Luzon areas.
With the threat posed by Chedeng, tourists were ordered yesterday
to immediately leave Baler in Aurora, one of the provinces where the
typhoon is projected to make a landfall tomorrow morning. As of
yesterday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical
Services Administration (PAGASA) placed the provinces of Isabela,
Aurora, Quirino, Quezon including Polillo Island, Catanduanes,
Camarines Norte, and Camarines Sur under public storm signal No. 1
as Chedeng continues to move toward the Northern-Central Luzon
areas. While the typhoon has further weakened, it still packs
destructive maximum winds of 140 kph and gustiness of 170 kph as it
travels toward the eastern

Article source: http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl113244.htm