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Super Typhoon Rolly to bring 'catastrophic wind damage'; Signal no. 5 to be raised in Catanduanes, Eastern CamSur, Albay

Super Typhoon Rolly to bring 'catastrophic wind damage'; Signal no. 5 to be raised in Catanduanes, Eastern CamSur, Albay

ABS-CBN News

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Weather bureau PAGASA warned of "catastrophic wind damage" after Rolly intensified into a super typhoon at 2 a.m. Sunday. PAGASA is hoisting Signal No. 5 over Catanduanes, Eastern Camarines Sur, and Albay.

In its 2 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said Catanduanes is under "extremely dangerous situation" as Super Typhoon Rolly is now hours from landfall over the province.

"Within the next 12 hours, violent winds and intense to torrential rainfall associated with the region of the eyewall and inner rainbands of the typhoon will be experienced over Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, and the southern portion of Quezon. This a particularly dangerous situation for these areas," PAGASA said.

As of 1 a.m., the eye of Rolly was located based on all available data including those from Virac and Daet Doppler Weather 110 km east northeast of Virac, Catanduanes.

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The super typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 215 kph near the center and gusts of up to 265 kph. It is moving west southwestward at 25 kph.

The center of the eye of the super typhoon is forecast to make landfall at or near its current peak intensity over Catanduanes early Sunday and over Camarines Sur this morning.

Afterwards, the center will cross the Camarines provinces before heading towards mainland Quezon Sunday afternoon.

After crossing the CALABARZON area, the center of "Rolly" is forecast to exit the mainland Luzon landmass and emerge over the Philippine Sea on tomorrow early morning.

During its traverse of Southern Luzon, Rolly is forecast to weaken considerably and emerge as a severe tropical storm or minimal typhoon over the West Philippine Sea.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 4

Luzon

  • Catanduanes,
  • Camarines Norte,
  • Camarines Sur,
  • the northern portion of Albay (Rapu-Rapu, Bacacay, Tabaco City, Malilipot, Santo Domingo, Malinao, Tiwi, Polangui, Libon),
  • eastern portion of Quezon (Tagkawayan, Guinayangan, Calauag, Lopez, Catanauan, Buenavista, Mulanay, San Narciso, San Andres, San Francisco)

PAGASA warned that areas under TCWS 4 will experience "very heavy damage to high–risk structures, heavy damage to medium risk structures, moderate damage to low-risk structures and considerable damage to structures of light materials (up to 75% are totally and partially destroyed); complete roof structure failures."

"Many houses of medium-built materials are unroofed, some with collapsed walls; extensive damage to doors and windows. A few houses of first-class materials are partially damaged. All signs/billboards are blown down. There is almost total damage to banana plantation. Most mango trees, ipil-ipil and similar types of large trees are downed or broken," PAGASA said.

"Coconut plantation may suffer extensive damage. Rice and corn plantation may suffer severe losses," it added.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 3

Luzon

  • The rest of Albay,
  • Burias
  • Ticao Islands,
  • Sorsogon,
  • the rest of Quezon including Polillo Islands,
  • Laguna,
  • Rizal,
  • Cavite,
  • Batangas,
  • Metro Manila,
  • the southern portion of Bulacan (Norzagaray, Santa Maria, Balagtas, Bulacan, San Jose del Monte City, Bocaue, Marilao, Meycauayan City, Obando),
  • Marinduque,
  • the northern portion of Occidental Mindoro (Abra de Ilog),
  • northern portion of Oriental Mindoro (Gloria, Pinamalayan, Socorro, Pola, Victoria, Naujan, Calapan City, Baco, San Teodoro, Puerto Galera),
  • northern portion of Romblon (Concepcion, Banton, Corcuera)

Visayas

  • Northern Samar

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 2

Luzon

  • The rest of Masbate,
  • the rest of Romblon,
  • the rest of Oriental Mindoro,
  • the rest of Occidental Mindoro including Lubang Island,
  • the rest of Bulacan,
  • Pampanga,
  • Bataan,
  • Zambales,
  • Tarlac,
  • Nueva Ecija,
  • the central and southern portion of Aurora (Dipaculao, Maria Aurora, Baler, San Luis, Dingalan),
  • the southern portion of Quirino (Nagtipunan),
  • the southern portion of Nueva Vizcaya (Alfonso Castaneda, Dupax Del Norte, Dupax Del Sur),
  • Pangasinan

Visayas

  • The northern portion of Samar (Catbalogan City, Jiabong, Motiong, Paranas, Hinabangan, San Sebastian, Tarangnan, Pagsanghan, San Jorge, San Jose de Buan, Matuguinao, Gandara, Santa Margarita, Calbayog City, Santo Nino, Almagro, Tagapul-An), the northern portion of Eastern Samar (San Julian, Sulat, Taft, Can-Avid, Dolores, Maslog, Oras, San Policarpo, Arteche, Jipapad), the extreme northern portion of Antique (Pandan, Libertad, Caluya), and the northwestern portion of Aklan (Buruanga, Malay, Nabas, Ibajay)

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal 1

Luzon

  • The southern portion of Cagayan (Peñablanca, Iguig, Rizal, Piat, Tuao, Solana, Tuguegarao City, Enrile),
  • Isabela,
  • the rest of Quirino,
  • the rest of Nueva Vizcaya,
  • the southern portion of Apayao (Conner),
  • Kalinga,
  • Abra,
  • Mountain Province,
  • Ifugao,
  • Benguet,
  • the southern portion of Ilocos Norte (Nueva Era, Dingras, Sarrat, San Nicolas, Laoag City, Paoay, Currimao, Badoc, Pinili, Batac City, Banna, Marcos),
  • Ilocos Sur,
  • La Union,
  • the rest of Aurora,
  • Calamian Islands

Visayas

  • The rest of the northern portion of Antique (Sebaste, Culasi),
  • the rest of Aklan,
  • the northern portion of Capiz (Jamindan, Mambusao, Sapi-An, Ivisan, Roxas City, Panay, Pilar, Sigma, Dao, Panitan, Pontevedra, President Roxas),
  • the northern portion of Iloilo (Carles, Balasan, Estancia, Batad), Biliran,
  • the northern portion of Leyte (Leyte, Tabango, San Isidro, Calubian, Capoocan, Carigara, Tunga, Barugo, San Miguel, Babatngon, Tacloban City),
  • the rest of Samar,
  • the rest of Eastern Samar


Heavy to intense with at times torrential rains will be felt in the following areas:

  • Bicol Region,
  • CALABARZON,
  • Metro Manila,
  • Marinduque,
  • Romblon,
  • Mindoro Provinces,
  • Bataan,
  • Bulacan,
  • Aurora,
  • Northern Samar,
  • Samar,
  • Eastern Samar,
  • Biliran, and
  • the eastern portions of mainland Cagayan and Isabela

Moderate to heavy rains with at times intense rains will be experienced over:

  • Cordillera Administrative Region,
  • Leyte, and
  • the rest of mainland Cagayan Valley
  • Central Luzon

Light to moderate with at times heavy rains will be experienced over Caraga

  • Northern Mindanao
  • Zamboanga Peninsula, and
  • the rest of Luzon
  • Visayas.

Flooding (including flash floods), rain-induced landslides, and sediment-laden streamflows (i.e. lahar) may occur during heavy or prolonged rainfall especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazards.

PAGASA Regional Services Divisions may issue local thunderstorm/rainfall advisories and heavy rainfall warnings as appropriate.

Storm surge:

In the next 24 hours, there is a high risk of storm surge of more than 3.0 m over the coastal areas of Catanduanes and Camarines Norte and the northern coastal areas of Quezon including Polillo Islands and Camarines Sur; up to 3.0 m over the coastal areas of Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, the southeastern coastal area of Batangas (facing Tayabas Bay), and most of the southern coastal areas of Quezon; up to 2.0 m over the coastal areas of Marinduque, Lubang Island, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Burias Island and the remaining coastal areas of Quezon, Camarines Sur, and Batangas. Moreover, there is also a moderate to high risk of seiche or storm surge over the coastal areas surrounding Laguna de Bay and Taal Lake. These storm surges, which may be accompanied by swells and breaking waves reaching the coast can cause life-threatening and damaging coastal inundation.

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Art exhibit marks 80th anniversary of Liberation of Manila

Art exhibit marks 80th anniversary of Liberation of Manila

Izzy Lee,

ABS-CBN News

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MANILA —Four paintings from the National Museum are on display from February 13 to 25 at the Visitation Center of the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Fort Bonifacio,Taguig, marking the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Manila. 

The exhibition, "Liberation of Manila: 80 Years of Remembrance Through Art," features four paintings that depict the devastation of the city during World War II and its eventual resurgence: Burning of Sto. Domingo (1942) by National Artist Fernando Amorsolo, Ruins of Legislative Building (1945) by Galo Ocampo, Ruins of Sales Street, Quiapo by Diosdado Lorenzo, and Ruined Gate of Fort Santiago by Nena Saguil.

According to National Museum Director General Jeremy Barns, the paintings are priceless because they capture firsthand accounts of the war through the artists' eyes.

"They're not just paintings but they are historical documents. All the four paintings here are painted by the artist bilang eyewitness ng ruins, ng fighting, ng burning," Barns said.

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The Liberation of Manila, one of the fiercest urban battles of World War II, took place from February 3 to March 3, 1945. Approximately 1,100 U.S. service members lost their lives during the battle, nearly 500 of whom are buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. 

The battle also freed over 3,700 starving Allied civilians and a million Filipinos, but it left the city in ruins, with an estimated 100,000 civilian casualties.

"To think about the death and destruction that the citizens have went through, especially the citizens of Manila, I think everyone knows Manila was the second most destroyed Allied city after Warsaw in all of World War II," said U.S. Ambassador MaryKay Carlson.

"When you see these paintings, they're both beautiful reminders and also poignant reminders of what could have been," she added.

The exhibition, organized by the U.S. government through the American Battle Monuments Commission and the National Museum of the Philippines was inaugurated on Thursday, and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free admission.

Visitors are also encouraged to explore the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, which many mistakenly believe is exclusive to Americans.

The site features a memorial hemicycle, lush greenery, a museum, and the grave sites of military personnel who perished during World War II.

It is open to the public every day except Christmas and New Year, with free guided tours available. A valid ID is required for entry.

"Most people think na it's not open to the public. Siguro dahil its unusual to find a cemetery like this in a middle of basically a very modern city and of course, we have gates for security," said the Director of the Visitor Center at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Superintendent Rudy Blum emphasized the importance of remembering these historical events and their impact on the present.

"If you're into history, there is no other place to understand that American-Filipino relationship in the Manila American Cemetery. This is not just an American story," Blum said.

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