MANILA — Some local government units (LGUs) have decided to suspend classes on Thursday, October 31, due to typhoon Leon.

Classes at all levels in the following areas have been suspended:

Camarines Sur (suspension effective until lifted)

Tuguegarao, Cagayan 

Lemery, Batangas

Los Baños, Laguna 

Dagupan City 

Benguet

Rosales, Pangasinan 

Face-to-face classes in all levels, public and private, are also suspended in the following areas:

Camarines Norte (suspension effective until lifted)

Albay (until Nov. 3)

Batangas

- Calaca 

- Nasugbu 

- San Luis 

Laguna

- Bay 

- Biñan

- Cabuyao

- Magdalena

- Paete

- Pagsanjan

- San Pedro

- Santa Cruz

- Santa Maria

Antique 

- Belison

- Sebaste

- Pandan

Classes from elementary to high school, meanwhile, are suspended in the following areas:

Talisay, Batangas

Calamba, Laguna

Anini-y, Antique

Santa Rosa, Laguna (public schools only)

As of 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Leon is at 215 km east southeast of Basco, Batanes with sustained winds of 185 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 230 kph.

Experts are not ruling out a landfall scenario in Batanes and such may warrant the raising of Wind Signal No. 5 in the area. It will be closest in the province from late evening today to tomorrow morning, October 31.

Signal No. 4 remains hoisted over Batanes, while the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands and northeastern mainland Cagayan are under Signal No. 3.

Many other areas in Northern Luzon, Cagayan Valley Region and Cordillera Administrative Region also remain under Signals No. 2 and No. 1 as Leon continues to move northwestward at 20 kph.

Batanes now under Signal No. 4 as 'Leon' moves closer