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Signal No. 2 raised in some areas as 'Agaton' intensifies into tropical storm: PAGASA

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> — Parts of the country were placed under Signal No. 2 as the weather system named Agaton intensified into a tropical storm, state weather bureau PAGASA said early Sunday.</p><p>In its 5 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the following areas were placed under Signal No. 2:</p><div><strong>VISAYAS</strong></div><ul>	<li>The southern portion of Eastern Samar (Guiuan, Mercedes, Salcedo, Quinapondan, Giporlos, Balangiga, Lawaan, General Macarthur, Hernani, Llorente)</li>	<li>the extreme southern portion of Samar (Marabut)</li></ul><div><strong>MINDANAO</strong></div><ul>	<li>The northern portion of Dinagat Islands (Loreto, Tubajon)</li></ul><p>Meanwhile, Signal No. 1 was raised in the following areas:</p><div><strong>VISAYAS</strong></div><ul>	<li>The rest of Eastern Samar</li>	<li>the rest of Samar</li>	<li>Northern Samar</li>	<li>Biliran</li>	<li>Leyte</li>	<li>Southern Leyte</li>	<li>Camotes Islands</li></ul><div><strong>MINDANAO</strong></div><ul>	<li>Surigao del Norte</li>	<li>the rest of Dinagat Islands</li></ul><p>Agaton currently has maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers (km) per hour, with gusts of up to 80 km per hour, according to PAGASA.</p><p>It was last spotted over the coastal waters of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, moving west northwestward at 10 km per hour, PAGASA added.</p><p>In a TeleRadyo interview, PAGASA weather forecaster Ana Clauren Jorda said Eastern Visayas would continue to experience possibly torrential rains as Agaton remained &quot;almost stationary&quot; in the region.</p><p>It was possible for Agaton to merge or interact with a tropical storm that is still currently outside of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), called &quot;Malakas,&quot; she added.</p><p>Malakas was last spotted 1,790 kilometers east of Mindanao. It will be called Basyang once it enters PAR.</p><p>In Eastern Visayas, the police said it monitored 5 barangays that experienced flooding: 4 in the town of San Miguel, Leyte while one in Hernani, Eastern Samar.</p><p>In Eastern Samar&#x27;s Guian town, floodwater entered houses in Saint Genevieve Village, a relocation site for survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda, according to a resident.</p><p>In Tabon-Tabon, Leyte, motorists were unable to pass a road in Barangay Amandangay after the nearby Ponongan Creek overflowed due to bad weather.</p><p>Tacloban City has also been experiencing &quot;moderate to heavy rains&quot; and strong winds since Saturday night due to Agaton.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/04/09/22/rally-ng-uniteam-sa-leyte-dinagsa">Rally ng UniTeam sa Leyte, dinagsa</a></li></ul><p>National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Spokesperson Mark Timbal said evacuation is still ongoing in areas affected by Agaton, which are at risk of experiencing floods and landslides.</p><p>The disaster agency could not immediately give a figure on evacuees and has yet to receive any &quot;major damage report&quot; due to Agaton, Timbal told TeleRadyo.</p><p>NDRRMC and its regional councils have prepared supplies to supplement assistance that local governments will provide evacuees, he added.</p><p>Meanwhile, PAGASA is also monitoring a low pressure area (LPA) that entered PAR, located 410 kilometers west southwest of Puerto Princesa in Palawan.</p><div><strong>— With reports from Rainiel Pawid, ABS-CBN News and Jenette Ruedas and Ranulfo Docdocan</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1993682" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Parts of the country were placed under Signal No. 2 as the weather system named Agaton intensified into a tropical storm, state weather bureau PAGASA said Sunday.

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Signal No. 2 raised in some areas as 'Agaton' intensifies into tropical storm: PAGASA

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Published Apr 10, 2022 07:39 AM PHT

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Updated Apr 10, 2022 09:41 AM PHT

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