TROPICAL CYCLONE Trami has intensified into a typhoon and entered the Philippine area in the northeastern part yesterday afternoon, according to weather bureau PAGASA. As of the 11 a.m. Sept. 23 update, PAGASA said Trami, with local name Paeng, was packing sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (km/h) with gustiness of up to 145 km/h. The typhoon is forecasted to be 1,050 km east of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan by Tuesday morning and move west-northwest towards Batanes. PAGASA said “no significant enhancement” of the southwest monsoon is expected within the week. The Batanes and Babuyan islands could be affected by Friday, Sept. 28.
CAR EVACUATION
Nonetheless, the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is ready to implement forced evacuation measures in case the typhoon brings heavy rainfall. “We will strictly implement forced evacuation with the local governments, we have learned our lesson,” OCD Regional Director Ruben L. Carandang said on Saturday. Five of the six provinces in CAR — Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Kalinga, and Mountain Province — and the municipalities of Mayoyao and Aguinaldo in Ifugao have been declared under a state of calamity following typhoon Ompong the previous weekend. — with a report from Philstar

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