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Signals raised over 38 areas as 'Karen' speeds toward Luzon

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/nation2/10/15/karen-satpm.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA- Thirty-eight areas across Luzon were placed under tropical cyclone warning signals as typhoon &quot;Karen&quot; (international name: Sarika) accelerated towards Luzon.In its 8 p.m. briefing on Saturday, weather bureau PAGASA said Karen is expected to pass close to Polillo Island tonight and will make landfall over Aurora early Sunday morning.At 7 p.m., the storm&#x27;s eye was estimated to be 155 kilometers east northeast of Infanta, Quezon.Tropical cyclone warning signals were raised over the following areas:Signal number 3:<ul>	<li>Aurora</li>	<li>Northern Quezon</li>	<li>Polillo Island</li>	<li>Nueva Ecija</li>	<li>Nueva Vizcaya</li>	<li>Quirino</li>	<li>Tarlac</li>	<li>Pangasinan</li>	<li>La Union</li>	<li>Benguet</li>	<li>Northern Zambales</li></ul>Signal number 2:<ul>	<li>The rest of Quezon</li>	<li>Camarines Norte</li>	<li>Catanduanes</li>	<li>Southern Isabela</li>	<li>Mountain Province</li>	<li>Ifugao</li>	<li>The rest of Zambales</li>	<li>Pampanga</li>	<li>Bulacan</li>	<li>Bataan</li>	<li>Rizal</li>	<li>Ilocos Sur</li>	<li>Metro Manila</li></ul>Signal number 1:<ul>	<li>Ilocos Norte</li>	<li>Abra</li>	<li>Kalinga</li>	<li>The rest of Isabela</li>	<li>Southern Apayao</li>	<li>Southern Cagayan</li>	<li>Oriental Mindoro</li>	<li>Cavite</li>	<li>Batangas</li>	<li>Laguna</li>	<li>Marinduque</li>	<li>Camarines Sur</li>	<li>Albay</li>	<li>Burias Islands</li></ul>The typhoon, which is packing winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 1 kph, is moving west-northwest at 22 kph, PAGASA said.PAGASA also warned fishermen and those with small seacraft not to venture out to the northern seaboard of Luzon, and the northern and eastern seaboards of Samar.Karen is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) by Monday afternoon.However, another tropical storm may enter the PAR soon afterward, said PAGASA.&quot;Haima&quot;, which will be called &quot;Lawin&quot; once it enters the PAR, was 1,840 km east of Mindanao, and was moving west-northwest at 13 kph as of Saturday morning.

MANILA- Thirty-eight areas across Luzon were placed under tropical cyclone warning signals as typhoon 'Karen' (international name: Sarika) accelerated towards Luzon.