Top Trending topic online! The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Central Office Disaster Information Coordinating Center (CODIX) released a list of areas that could be hit by tropical depression “Onyok”, on Thursday, December 17, 2015.
Forecast Positions:
- 24 hour (Tomorrow evening): Vicinity of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur.
- 48 hour (Saturday evening): 265 km West Southwest of Dipolog City or 170 km Northwest of Zamboanga City (as a Low Pressure Area).
At 10:00 Thursday, the center of ‘Bagyong Onyok’ was estimated based on allavailabledata at 415 km East of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur (8.4°N, 130.1°E). It has maximum winds of 55 kph near the center and forecast to move West at 17 kph.
It raised an alert over the following areas, which are within the 300-kilometer diameter of the forecast track of the storm:
- Agusan del Norte
- Agusan del Sur
- Basilan
- Bukidnon
- Camiguin
- Compostela Valley
- Davao del Norte
- Davao del Sur
- Davao Oriental
- Lanao del Norte
- Lanao del Sur
- Maguindanao
- Misamis Occidental
- Misamis Oriental
- Negros Oriental
- North Cotabato
- Shariff Kabunsuan
- Siquijor
- Sultan Kudarat
- Surigao del Norte
- Surigao del Sur
- Zamboanga del Norte
- Zamboanga del Sur
- Zamboanga Sibugay
Public storm signal number 1 was hoisted over the following areas:
- Surigao del Sur
- Siargao Island
- Surigao del Norte
- Dinagat Province
- Misamis Oriental
- Camiguin
- Agusan del Norte
- Agusan del Sur
- Davao Oriental
- Davao del Norte
- Compostela Valley
- Bukidnon
- Lanao del Norte
- Lanao del Sur
- Misamis Occidental
- Davao del Sur
- North Cotabato
PAGASA said residents in low-lying and mountainous areas of the provinces with public storm warning signals are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.
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