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| Typhoon Ruby Track Forecast |
PAGASA added that the center of the typhoon was located at 180 km East Northeast of Borongan, Eastern Samar or at 260 km East of Catarman, Northern Samar (12.1°N, 127.0°E) at 10am.
If Typhoon Ruby maintains its path and speed, it is expected to make landfall early morning on Sunday over the Eastern Samar-Northern Samar area and it will be associated with strong winds, storm surge (up to 4.5 meters) and heavy-intense rainfall, PAGASA continued.
Below are more advisories from PAGASA:
---Estimated rainfall amount is from 7.5 – 20 mm per hour (heavy – intense) within the 600 km diameter of the typhoon.
---Typhoon Ruby and the Northeast Monsoon will bring rough to very rough sea conditions over the seaboards of Northern Luzon, eastern seaboard of Central and Southern Luzon, seaboards of Visayas and over northern and eastern seaboards of Mindanao. Fisherfolks and those using small seacraft are advised not to venture out over the said seaboards.
---Expected Exit PAR: Wednesday evening.
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| Typhoon Ruby Satellite Image as of 9:32am, December 6 |
•24 hour (tomorrow morning) 50 km West of Catarman, Northern Samar or at 60 km East of Masbate City, Masbate.
•48 hour (Monday morning) 40 km North of Romblon, Romblon or at 125 km Southeast of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro.
•72 hour (Tuesday morning) 115 km West of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro.
---Public Storm Warning Signals
Signal #3
(Winds of 101-185 kph is expected in at least 18 hrs)
LUZON: Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, and Masbate including Ticao Island
VISAYAS: Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar and Biliran
Impacts:
• Residents in low lying and mountainous areas are alerted against flashfloods and landslides. Likewise, those living along the coast are warned on the occurrence of big waves associated with Storm Surge which may reach up to 4.5 meters.
• Heavy damage to agricultural plantation, medium and large trees maybe uprooted
• Considerable damage to structure of light to medium construction, while, majority of nipa and cogon houses unroofed or destroyed
• Severe damage to Billboards & signages
• Evacuation to a safer shelters is highly recommended
• Electrical power distribution and communication services maybe severely disrupted
Signal #2
(Winds of 61-100 kph is expected in at least 24 hrs)
LUZON: Camarines Sur, Burias Island and Romblon
VISAYAS: Capiz, Northern Cebu including Cebu City, Bantayan Island, Camotes Island, Leyte and Southern Leyte
MINDANAO: Dinagat Province
Impacts:
• Travel by all types of sea vessels and aircrafts are risky
Residents in low lying and mountainous areas are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.
• Rice and corn maybe adversely affected
• Few large trees uprooted
• Large number of nipa and cogon houses partially or totally unroofed and old galvanized iron roofs may roll off.
• Billboards/Signage may roll off
Signal #1
(Winds of 30-60 kph is expected in at least 36 hrs)
LUZON: Southern Quezon, Camarines Norte, Marinduque, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro
VISAYAS: Antique, Iloilo, Guimaras, Northern Negros, Rest of Cebu and Bohol
MINDANAO: Surigao del Norte including Siargao Island
Impacts:
• These areas will have occasional rains with occasional gusty winds.
• Twigs and branches of trees maybe broken
• Some banana plants may tilt or land flat on the ground
• Rice in flowering stage may suffer significant damage
• Some nipa and cogon houses maybe partially unroofed
• Sea travel of small sea crafts and fishing boats is risky
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