Quiel Slams Northern Luzon

Typhoon “Quiel” (international codename: Nalgae) slammed into the northern Philippines on Saturday, packing gusts up to 195 kilometers per hour and threatening victims still trapped by previous storm floods, officials said.“Quiel” made landfall in Luzon at 9:00 a.m. (0100 GMT) and was tearing west across the Philippines’ main island with sustained winds of 160 kilometers (99.2 miles) per hour, the state weather service said.

Signal number 3 was raised in Isabela, Northern Aurora, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said.

Areas under signal number 2 are Cagayan, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Abra, Kalinga, rest of Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pampanga, Zambales, Bulacan and Northern Quezon including Polillo Island.

Signal number one is up in the rest of Quezon, Camarines Norte, Rizal, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Lubang Islang, Babuyan and Calayan Group of islands and Metro Manila

(Source: Inquirer.net)