TROPICAL storm Paeng may intensify by Saturday into a typhoon, which means having maximum wind speed of 118 to 184 kilometers per hour (kph), and bring torrential rains in parts of Luzon and the Visayas, the state weather agency said on Thursday.
s path have been alerted by PAGASA to activate disaster preparedness plans, including preemptive evacuation of residents in areas at risk of flooding and landslides.
The Energy department, meanwhile, has directed distribution utilities and other sector players to be ready for immediate response measures, “considering that we will be facing a long weekend when the tropical storm makes it landfall.” “The entire power system has to be protected; we have to make sure that generation plants are running. From the transmission lines to distribution, we have to be prepared,” Energy Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella said a virtual press briefing on Thursday.Day when Filipinos traditionally pay respects to their dead, while Oct. 31 has been declared a special holiday this year.
The Philippines, an archipelago with more than 7,000 islands, is struck by an average of 20 typhoons annually.
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