MANILA, Philippines – There are no more areas under Signal No. 1 due to Typhoon Julian (Krathon), which made landfall in the southern part of Taiwan — located inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) — on Thursday, October 3.
The municipality of Itbayat in Batanes province was the last area where a tropical cyclone wind signal was in effect.
Julian was last spotted 255 kilometers north northwest of Itbayat at 4 pm on Thursday, moving east northeast at 10 kilometers per hour (km/h).
The typhoon continues to have maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h, but its gustiness went up to 200 km/h from 165 km/h.
Julian is seen to weaken over Taiwan and may just be a remnant low by Friday, October 4. Aside from Taiwan’s rugged terrain, the “incoming northeasterly wind flow over the East China Sea and Taiwan Strait” and the “lower ocean heat content” have also been causing the typhoon to weaken, according to the weather bureau.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) also said on Thursday afternoon that scattered rain and thunderstorms from Julian may still hit Batanes and Babuyan Islands, while similar conditions are expected in the Ilocos Region, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, and mainland Cagayan due to the trough or extension of the typhoon.
The rest of the country will only have isolated rain showers or thunderstorms for the rest of Thursday, not linked to Julian or its trough.
Meanwhile, moderate to rough seas will persist in the seaboards of Batanes, Babuyan Islands, and Ilocos Norte (waves up to 4 meters high), the remaining seaboards of the Ilocos Region (waves up to 3.5 meters high), the northern seaboard of mainland Cagayan, Zambales, and Bataan (waves up to 3 meters high), and the western seaboard of Lubang Island, the western seaboard of Calamian Islands, and the seaboard of Kalayaan Islands (waves up to 2.5 meters high). Small vessels should not venture out to sea.
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Julian had reentered PAR at 8 am on Thursday, two days after it first exited last Tuesday, October 1.
At its peak as a super typhoon, Julian had maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h.
The highest tropical cyclone wind signal raised was Signal No. 4 in Batanes and part of Babuyan Islands. While Julian did not make landfall, it had passed very close to these areas.
Julian also triggered moderate to torrential rain in Northern Luzon and parts of Central Luzon.
Batanes and Ilocos Norte are both under a state of calamity.
Julian is the Philippines’ 10th tropical cyclone for 2024 and sixth tropical cyclone for September alone. It developed from a low pressure area inside PAR last Friday, September 27. – Rappler.com
