Batanes still under signal #1 as Liwayway strengthens on its way out

SEVERE TROPICAL storm Liwayway continued to intensify as it moves out of the Philippine area, placing Batanes under typhoon cyclone wind signal #1 for a second day. In its 5 p.m. update on Tuesday, weather bureau PAGASA said Liwayway, coupled with the southwest monsoon, will continue to bring rains today over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, CALABARZON (Cavite-Laguna-Batangas-Rizal-Quezon), northern portions of Palawan including the Calamian Islands, Mindoro provinces, and the Cordillera Administrative Region. Liwayway is expected to be out of the country between Wednesday late evening and Thursday morning. Meanwhile, PAGASA is monitoring another low pressure area off the southeastern part of the country.