MAYSAK, UN VISITEUR INATTENDU !
Maysak, un
visiteur attendu !
Ce n’est pas
vraiment la saison et pourtant, Maysak semble vouloir nous passer dessus.
Si son prédécesseur s’est effondré à quelques milliers de kilomètres des côtes de l’archipel, ‘’Chedeng’’, pour son nom local, semble bien décidé à nous rendre visite.
Si son prédécesseur s’est effondré à quelques milliers de kilomètres des côtes de l’archipel, ‘’Chedeng’’, pour son nom local, semble bien décidé à nous rendre visite.
Des
températures anormalement élevées à la surface de l’océan dit Pacifique, fait
que des typhons se forment à cette période de l’année ; ce qui est anormal
au vu des statistiques. Je rappelle que la saison des typhons aux Philippines s’étend
normalement de juin à septembre, que cette période s’est trouvée décalée ces
dernières années et que les typhons nous visitaient entre les mois d’août et de
décembre. Les premiers dans la saison ayant tendance à aller visiter le Japon, ceci
après avoir effleuré le nord de l’archipel philippin.
Keeping foreign and Filipino tourists safe as they
travel to the provinces for the weekend when Typhoon “Chedeng” (international
name: Maysak) makes landfall in Luzon is the biggest challenge for authorities,
the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on
Wednesday.
“The challenge is that many of our people are going
home in the [Lenten] holiday mode. They might not see the advisory and
warning,” NDRRMC Executive Director Alexander Pama said.
President Benigno Aquino III showed full trust and
confidence in his lieutenants tasked with disaster management, saying that his
only latest reminder to them was to be “thoroughly prepared” for Chedeng once
it enters the Philippine area of responsibility.
The President said that Science Secretary Mario
Montejo had advised him “there was no need to call for a bigger meeting” than
what was usually handled by the NDRRMC.
Mr. Aquino also expressed confidence that every
department, such as the Department of Public Works and Highways, Transportation
and Social Welfare and Development, were prepared for Chedeng’s possible
onslaught.
The President also heaped praises on the former Navy
chief.
“In the person of Alex Pama, our former FOIC (Flag
Officer in Command), he is a self-starter. You don’t have to tell him what to
do. So I’m sure he already has the answers to my questions that I am still
formulating,” Mr. Aquino said.
Signal No. 1, travel ban
The President said that Pama was a “very proactive guy
(who) has proven himself in the series of typhoons that have come since he has
been appointed NDRRMC chief,” adding that the former FOIC had also spearheaded
improvements in the Navy.
“So, he has not even texted me today. Meaning, there
is no problem that he can’t handle,” Mr. Aquino said.
“So far, I haven’t seen anything that we should put
extra attention to,” he said.
In its latest news briefing, the Philippine
Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said
it may raise public storm warning signal No. 1 over the Bicol and Samar
provinces on Thursday.
Chedeng was expected to enter the Philippine area of
responsibility late Wednesday or early Thursday.
READ: Typhoon ‘Chedeng’ enters PH late Wednesday
“We will suspend sea travel between Bicol and Samar
once the storm warning signals are raised,” Pagasa meteorologist Jori Luiz
said.
Pagasa said it would still allow land travel up to
tomorrow afternoon. “By Friday night, we are no longer confident in allowing
travel,” said Esperanza Cayanan, weather division chief at Pagasa.
Pagasa’s forecast track showed that the critical areas
expected to bear the brunt of the typhoon were Aurora, Nueva Vizcaya,
Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Zambales and Quezon provinces.
The surrounding provinces, including Metro Manila,
will also be affected.
Tens of thousands of Filipinos have already begun
traveling to the provinces and popular tourist spots before public holidays
begin on Thursday.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin urged travelers to
follow weather bulletins, but did not give a categorical travel advice whether
to cancel their plans.
“We will feel the [effects of the] typhoon by Friday
evening through Saturday and Sunday, when [people will be] on their way back
[from the provinces],” Gazmin said in a news briefing at the NDRRMC on
Wednesday.
Bookings canceled
He advised travelers to “make necessary adjustments
and at the same time continue to monitor the weather forecasts.”
People, who earlier planned to visit Baguio City,
which along with the rest of northern Luzon is on the path of Chedeng, have
already made adjustments.
Hotels in the summer capital reported an increase in
cancellation of room reservations at the start of Holy Week. More cancellations
are expected Thursday and Friday owing to the incoming typhoon and reports of
traffic jams in the city due to simultaneous road projects.
Anthony de Leon, president of the Hotel and Restaurant
Association in Baguio, announced the canceled bookings at a news conference.
“[O]ne booked room that is lost in one night is gone forever,” he said.
Some cancellations made early in the week were
attributed to the incoming typhoon, but most appeared to be reactions to the
traffic jams created by simultaneous road works, according to De Leon.
Chedeng was moving northwest and was about 1,220 km
from the eastern town of Guiuan in Samar early Wednesday.
READ: ‘Maysak’ slightly weakens, heads for
Isabela-Aurora
Category 5
The typhoon, currently a category five storm—the
highest rating—is hovering over the Pacific Ocean with winds gusting as high as
250 km per hour.
Pagasa said the typhoon would affect the eastern coast
of Luzon starting tomorrow. It will make landfall sometime late Saturday or
early Sunday somewhere in Isabela, Aurora or Quezon and then cross northern and
central Luzon from Monday to Tuesday.
Chedeng is expected to weaken once it hits the central
or northern parts of Luzon as the Philippines celebrates the long Easter
weekend.
“This is very strong and it will maintain its strength
as it nears, although we expect that the typhoon will weaken,” Cayanan said in
a televised briefing.
“But this will still be typhoon intensity so it will
bring strong winds when it makes landfall on the eastern coast,” she added.
With a 600-km diameter, the typhoon will unleash gusty
winds and heavy to at times intense rains over northern and central Luzon.
Mahar Lagmay, Nationwide Operational Assessment of
Hazards (Noah) executive director, said Noah would issue storm surge warnings
in affected municipalities tomorrow, when it has more information for accurate
forecast.
The AFP Chief of Staff, Gen. Gregorio Catapang, placed
military forces in Luzon on red alert on Wednesday.
The Philippine National Police said it had mapped out
its own disaster preparedness plan.
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas reminded police and local
government officials to look after the safety of not only local residents but
also of tourists, who are expected to flock to various religious destinations
in Luzon during the Holy Week.
“We should be able to consider the travelers as well
in our preparations if (Chedeng) makes a landfall,” Roxas said in a statement.
“Whether the typhoon gains strength or weakens, the important thing is for us
to be ready and alert.
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