SUPERTYPHOON UPDATE: All missionaries are instructed to stay home. We are taking all precautions to keep our missionaries safe.
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HAIYAN approaching Super Typhoon (STY) status as it rapidly gained
strength due to the emergence of a pinhole-sized eye a few hours
ago...now poses a serious threat to Eastern Visayas and Northeastern
Mindanao. The initial potential landfall area of this typhoon remains
along the Samar-Leyte Area on Friday morning, November 08.
This typhoon is similar in track and strength of Super Typhoon MIKE
(RUPING) which passed across the Visayas in November of 1991 and
devastated much of Metro Cebu. Residents living along the eastern
seaboards of the Philippines from Northern Quezon...Bicol Region...down
to Northeastern Mindanao should closely monitor the approach of this
potentially destructive typhoon. Plans for emergency situations and/or
disaster management planning must be implemented beginning today as the
storm is only 3 days away from hitting land.
The following is the summary of the 2-day forecast outlook and an extended 3-day forecast on this system:
THURSDAY EARLY MORNING: Enters the P.A.R. at Category 4 strength
while passing close to the Republic of Palau...moving over the South
Philippine Sea...about 160 km north-northeast of Koror, Palau [2AM NOV
07: 8.7N 134.9E @ 250kph].
FRIDAY EARLY MORNING: Strengthens to a
Category 5 STY as it prepares to make landfall over Southern
Samar...about 290 km southeast of Borongan City, Eastern Samar [2AM NOV
08: 10.7N 127.9E @ 260kph].
SATURDAY EARLY MORNING: Moving across
Mindoro Strait after traversing Northern Visayas...weakens to Category
4...about 60 km north-northeast of Coron, Palawan [2AM NOV 09: 12.5N
120.4E @ 215kph].
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