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'Siony' intensifies into severe tropical storm, Signal No. 1 up in parts of N. Luzon

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Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/sports/11/04/20201104-siony-420pm.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA— Weather disturbance Siony intensified into a severe tropical storm Wednesday afternoon, the state weather bureau said, prompting a warning signal in parts of Northern Luzon.</p><p>PAGASA said Siony intensified into a severe tropical storm at 2 p.m. and is expected to intensify further into a typhoon prior to its landfall or close approach over extreme northern Luzon.</p><p>The country&#x27;s 19th storm, which comes as provinces in Bicol reel from devastation due to Super Typhoon Rolly, was last estimated 735 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes as of 4 p.m., packing maximum winds of 95 kms per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 115 kph, PAGASA said.</p><p>Tropical cyclone warning signal no. 1 was hoisted over the following areas, where 30 to 60 kph winds may rip roofs off nipa and cogon huts, damage rice crops and down banana plants:</p><ul>	<li>Northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gonzaga)</li>	<li>Eastern portion of Babuyan Islands (Balintang Islands, Babuyan Islands, Didicas Islands, and Camiguin Islands including their adjoining islets)</li></ul><p>Siony is moving east &quot;slowly&quot; and is forecast to keep its pace or &quot;remain almost stationary&quot; in the next 6 to 12 hours, after which it will head westward or west-northwestward towards the Luzon Strait and extreme Northern Luzon, according to PAGASA.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/sports/11/04/20201104-siony-420pm-track.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The northeasterlies and Siony&#x27;s trough will bring light to moderate with at times heavy rains over Bicol Region, Aurora, Quezon, and the eastern portions of Cagayan and Isabela, the weather bureau said.</p><p>It warned that flooding and rain-induced landslides may occur during heavy or prolonged rainfall especially in areas that are highly susceptible to these hazards and/or those that received significant antecedent rainfall from previous storms.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1cfa0CbzNC8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Weather disturbance Siony has further intensified into a severe tropical storm Wednesday afternoon, the state weather bureau said.<br /> </p>

Weather disturbance Siony has further intensified into a severe tropical storm Wednesday afternoon, the state weather bureau said.

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'Siony' intensifies into severe tropical storm, Signal No. 1 up in parts of N. Luzon

Rose Carmelle Lacuata,

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Published Nov 04, 2020 06:24 PM PHT

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