Typhoon Marce as of 4:00 p.m. on November 5, 2024. Handout/DOST-PAGASAMANILA — Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes and parts of northern Luzon as Typhoon Marce (international name: Yinxing) intensifies further over the Philippine Sea, the state weather bureau said.

In its 5 p.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said Marce, last located 480 kilometers east of Echague, Isabela, is now packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour near the center, with gusts of up to 160 kph.

Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over the following areas, which may experience strong winds within the next 36 hours:

-- Batanes

-- Cagayan including Babuyan Islands

-- Ilocos Norte

-- Ilocos Sur

-- Apayao

-- Abra

-- Kalinga

-- Mountain Province

-- Ifugao, the northern portion of Benguet (Mankayan, Buguias, Kabayan, Bakun, Kibungan, Atok, Bokod)

-- Isabela

-- Nueva Vizcaya

-- Quirino

-- Northern portion of Aurora (Dilasag, Casiguran, Dinalungan, Dipaculao, Baler, Maria Aurora)

The track and intensity forecast of Typhoon Marce as of 5:00 p.m. on November 5, 2024. Handout/DOST-PAGASA

According to PAGASA, Marce is moving northwestward at 25 kph, and is expected to move generally west northwestward until Wednesday. 

On the forecast track, Marce will make landfall or pass close to Babuyan Islands or the northern portion of mainland Cagayan on Thursday afternoon or evening.

PAGASA also said Marce is expected to continue intensifying and may reach its peak intensity before making landfall.

Beginning Tuesday, parts of Northern Luzon will experience moderate to heavy rains, with heavy to torrential rains expected to batter Cagayan, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Babuyan Islands, and Batanes on Thursday.

There will be a serious threat of flooding and landslides in these areas.

The typhoon’s destructive winds may also trigger storm surge along the coastlines and rough to very rough seas over the seaboards of Northern Luzon during its passage.

Marce may exit the Philippine area of responsibility late Friday or early Saturday.

Marce now a typhoon

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