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Ramil, PH's 18th storm, now a tropical depression; Signal no. 1 up

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David Dizon

ABS-CBN News

<p>A low pressure area spotted east of southeastern Luzon has developed into Tropical Depression Ramil, the country&#x27;s 18th storm of the year, weather bureau PAGASA said Friday.</p><p>As of 4 a.m., the center of Ramil was estimated based on all available data at 1,145 km east of southeastern Luzon.</p><p>Packing 45 kph winds and gusts of up to 55 kph, Ramil is moving slowly in a west northwestward direction.</p><p>Signal no. 1, indicating winds of 39 to 61 km/h , is hoisted in the following areas:</p><div><strong>LUZON:</strong></div><div><em>The easternmost portion of Quezon (Tagkawayan), Camarines Norte, Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Albay, and the northern and eastern portions of Sorsogon (Donsol, Pilar, Castilla, City of Sorsogon, Gubat, Prieto Diaz, Casiguran, Barcelona, Bulusan) </em></div><div><strong>VISAYAS:</strong></div><div><em>The eastern portion of Northern Samar (Laoang, Catubig, Palapag, Mapanas, Gamay, Lapinig, Pambujan, San Roque)</em></div><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D1263888629116121%26set%3Da.365711365600523%26type%3D3&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="703" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Ramil may pass close to Catanduanes Saturday morning or afternoon and may make landfall in Aurora or Quezon by Sunday (19 October) morning or afternoon. A southward shift of the track could lead to a different landfall area and more inclusion of localities under Wind Signal.</p><p>PAGASA said the highest Wind Signal that will likely be hoisted throughout its passage is Wind Signal No. 2. “However, the possibility of reaching severe tropical storm category before landfall is not ruled out, the worst case scenario is Wind Signal No. 3,” it said.</p><p>The periphery of Ramil and the easterlies will also bring strong to gale-force gusts over Cagayan Valley, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Aurora, Quezon including Polillo Islands, Sorsogon, Marinduque, Mindoro Provinces, Masbate, and Northern Samar.</p>

<p>A low pressure area spotted east of southeastern Luzon has developed into Tropical Depression Ramil, the country's 18th storm of the year, weather bureau PAGASA said Friday.</p>

A low pressure area spotted east of southeastern Luzon has developed into Tropical Depression Ramil, the country's 18th storm of the year, weather bureau PAGASA said Friday.