Lando (Koppu) remains under Typhoon category while battering Northern Luzon. After making landfall in Casiguran, Aurora last Saturday, Lando is now in the vicinity of Santiago, Ilocos Sur. Because of the mountainous terrain of Cordillera, it has slightly weakened with maximum sustained winds of 120 kph, and gustiness of 150 kph, moving north-northeast at 5 kph.

PAGASA Weather Forecaster Chris Perez said that the High Pressure Area extending over the West Philippine Sea and Eastern Pacific is preventing Lando from moving northward. Typhoon Champi, which is outside the Philippine boundary, has greatly affected its movement. The current forecast track shows that Lando will exit the Philippine landmass on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, due to bad weather, venturing out into the sea is not allowed under areas with Public Storm Warning Signals and gale warnings.

Today, stormy weather is expected in the Cordillera region, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, La Union, Cagayan, including the Calayan and Babuyan group of islands. Meanwhile, rains and damaging winds will continue to be experienced in Pangasinan, Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, the rest of Cagayan valley, and Metro Manila.

Cloudy skies with light to moderate rains will be experienced in Western Visayas, the Zamboanga Peninsula, and the rest of Luzon.

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated thunderstorms will prevail in the rest of the country.

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Due to bad weather brought by the typhoon, classes were suspended mostly in Luzon today.

Kabayan has intensified into tropical storm while traversing Central Luzon. The first landfall was made at 12:20 AM over Baler- San Luis Aurora.
Tropical storm (TS) Kabayan will bring moderate to occasionally heavy rains over the provinces of Cavite, Laguna and Batangas.
At 8:00 AM, TS Kabayan was located in the vicinity of Lingayen Gulf, Pangasinan with maximum sustained winds of 65 kph and gustiness of 80 kph. If TS Kabayan maintains its speed and direction west-northwest at 20 kph, it is expected to exit Philippine landmass through La Union or Pangansinan at noontime or this afternoon, and will exit Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday morning.
Sea travel is risky in the seaboards of Northern Luzon and Central Luzon, and the eastern seaboard of Quezon, including Polillo Island.
Today, stormy weather is expected in the provinces of Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Benguet, La Union and Pangasinan.
Meanwhile, rains with gusty winds will prevail in Metro Manila, the rest of Central Luzon, Ilocos Sur, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Isabela, Rizal and Quezon.
Light to moderate rain showers will be experienced in Western Visayas and the rest of Luzon.
The rest of the country will have partly cloudy skies with isolated rains or thunderstorms.

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