Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) will continue to bring heavy rains over Visayas, Mindanao, and parts of Luzon overnight, according to the 5 p.m. advisory of the state weather bureau on Monday.

The typhoon packs maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 160 km/h, moving westward at 20 km/h. It was last spotted 170 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.

Tino is expected to make landfall — or pass near — Homonhon Island or Dinagat Islands late Monday or early Tuesday morning, 4 November, before another expected landfall over Leyte or Southern Leyte shortly after.

The system will continue to move across the Visayas and northern Palawan throughout Tuesday and Wednesday before exiting the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) by Thursday morning, 6 November.

Storm surge warnings and wind signals

Storm surge warnings have been raised in several coastal areas including Dinagat Islands, Eastern Samar, Leyte, and Surigao del Norte, all under red alert.

The Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 is currently hoisted over Dinagat Islands; Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands in Mindanao; the extreme southeastern portion of Eastern Samar; southern Leyte; Camotes Islands; and the northeastern portion of Bohol.

Areas under TCWS No. 3 include the southern portion of Eastern Samar, southern Samar, central Leyte, northern and central Cebu (including Bantayan Islands), central and eastern Bohol, northern Negros Oriental, northern Negros Occidental, Guimaras, eastern Iloilo, and the rest of Surigao del Norte.

Meanwhile, TCWS No. 2 is raised over the southern portion of Masbate, southern Romblon, Cuyo Islands, central Eastern Samar, central Samar, the rest of Leyte, Biliran, the rest of Bohol, the rest of Cebu, central Negros Oriental, the rest of Negros Occidental, Siquijor, Capiz, the rest of Iloilo, Aklan, Antique, northern Surigao del Sur, northern Agusan del Sur, northern Agusan del Norte, and Camiguin.

TCWS No. 1 remains in effect over the rest of Masbate (including Ticao and Burias Islands), Albay, Sorsogon, southern Quezon, southern Marinduque, the rest of Romblon, Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, northern and central Palawan (including Calamian and Cagayancillo Islands), Northern Samar, the rest of Eastern Samar and Samar, the rest of Negros Oriental, the rest of Surigao del Sur, central Agusan del Sur, the rest of Agusan del Norte, Misamis Oriental, northern Bukidnon, northern Misamis Occidental, and the northern portion of Zamboanga del Norte.

The public is urged to remain vigilant for heavy rainfall, flash floods, and strong winds as Typhoon Tino continues to intensify while traversing the central Philippines.