
26/09/2025
๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง | ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ค, ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐๐
As of 2:00 PM on September 26, 2025, Severe Tropical Storm Opong (international name Bualoi) has made landfall over Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. The storm carries maximum sustained winds of 110 km/h, gusts reaching 150 km/h, and a central pressure of 985 hPa. It is moving westward at 20 km/h, with damaging winds extending outward up to 460 km from its center.
Signal No. 3 is up in Batangas, Marinduque, Romblon, Mindoro provinces, Calamian Islands, and parts of Aklan. Signal No. 2 is raised in Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Quezon, Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, northern Palawan, Masbate, Capiz, Iloilo, northern Antique, and nearby areas. Signal No. 1 is still in place in Pangasinan, Zambales, Nueva Ecija, Bicol, Palawan, Northern Samar, Leyte, Cebu, Negros, and parts of Eastern Visayas.
Aside from strong winds, Opong is boosting the Southwest Monsoon, bringing heavy rain and the risk of floods and landslides in many parts of Luzon and Visayas. A storm surge of 1โ3 meters may affect coastal towns including Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan, and Western Visayas. Sea travel is dangerous as waves could reach as high as 9.0 meters, especially around Mindoro seas.
Opong is expected to cross the Mindoro Strait and head out to the West Philippine Sea later today. It may become a typhoon again before leaving the Philippine Area of Responsibility tomorrow, September 27. Authorities are reminding residents, especially those in flood-prone, landslide-prone, and coastal areas, to stay alert and follow the advice of local officials.
๐ท๐ช๐ข Rufa Rodriguez
๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ Ivan Jerome Saltiban