Bagyong Nona PAGASA Weather Forecast, Storm Signals, Typhoon Track and Update

At 8 a.m., Melor was about 645 miles east-southeast of Manila and was tracking west-northwest at 13 mph over the previous six hours, JTWC reported.

Storm surges, or giant crashing waves, were also a risk in some areas said Pama, executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of the country.

Nona will pass through areas near where typhoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) struck in November 2013, killing more than 6,300 people and leaving more than 1.4 million homeless.

The Philippines witnesses an average of 20 storms every year, with many of them deadly and destructive.

Mayor Stephanie Uy-Tan said residents of danger zones had been alerted about possible evacuation and classes from elementary to secondary levels had been suspended.

In its forecast, the weather bureau said the provinces that would be affected are Samar and Bicol on Monday, Marinduque and southern Quezon on Tuesday, and Oriental Mindoro on Wednesday, Coloma said.

PAGASA weather forecaster Obet Badrina said Nona is expected to make landfall over Sorsogon on Monday afternoon.

Pagasa-DOST said TS Nona packs a maximum sustained winds up to 110 km/hr near the center and gustiness up to 140 km/hr.

Areas under Signal No. 1 are expected to experience winds of up to 30-60 kph in at least 36 hours.

Seven areas are considered to be under signal number 2 which include Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Ticao Island, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Samar.

By 5 p.m., PAGASA raised Storm Signal No. 2 over Eastern Samar and Samar, Biliran, Leyte, Southern Leyte, and Northern Cebu including Camotes Island.