By Junex Doronio
MANILA — Super typhoon Carina is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Thursday morning (25 July 2024) but PAGASA Officer-in-Charge Marcelino Vllaguerte warned that “moderate to heavy rains” can still be expected on Thursday and “moderate to heavy rains” on Friday (26 July 2024) in Metro Manila and Bulacan.
On Wednesday (24 July 2024), at 4 p.m., the center of the eye of Carina was spotted 380 km north of Itbayat, Batanes, carrying maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 230 km/h.
Carina was moving northwestward at 20 km/h.
Meanwhile, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is collating a list of all areas that have been placed under a state of calamity.
“Everything is very fluid. Every hour nagbabago ang mga numero,” DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos said adding that a state of calamity has already been declared for the National Capital Region due to severe flooding in many areas.
(el Amigo/mnm)
