Rain batters Metro Manila due to ‘Kristine’, Signal No. 3 stays up in Northern Luzon

MANILA, Philippines — A heavy rainfall warning was issued for Metro Manila and other Luzon areas on Thursday, October 24, as Severe Tropical Storm "Kristine" began to exit the country’s landmass.

PAGASA's 2 p.m. cyclone bulletin puts Kristine over the coastal waters of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur. It currently packs maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometer per hour and gustiness of up to 145 kph.

The state weather bureau has put up the following Heavy Rainfall warnings as of 2 p.m.: 

In a separate advisory, PAGASA also updated its Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal warnings. While Pagasa has brought down the TCWS level of some areas, four provinces remain under Signal No. 3. 

PAGASA has also issued a gale warning over Luzon seaboards, as well as the western and central seaboards of Visayas. 

There is a chance that after Kristine exits the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Friday, it may loop back into the West Philippine Sea. 

“However, this scenario heavily depends on the behavior of the weather disturbance east of the PAR region which is expected to develop into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours,” PAGASA said.