Updates Dec 5: Super Typhoon Ruby or Hagupit Intensifies: Signal no 2 alert in Visayas, Luzon.
Super Typhoon Ruby or Hagupit intensifies packed with 215kph of wind amd gustiness up to 250 kph.
Storm signals
Under Storm Signal No. 2 are (18 areas):
Sorsogon
Ticao Island
Masbate
Northern Samar
Eastern Samar
Samar
Biliran
Leyte
Southern Leyte
Northern Cebu
Cebu City
Bantayan Island
Camotes Island
Surigao del Sur
Agusan del Norte
Surigao del Norte
Dinagat Island
Siargao Island
Under Signal No. 1 are (16 areas):
Catanduanes
Albay
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Burias Island
Romblon
Capiz
Iloilo
Negros Oriental
Negros Occidental
Rest of Cebu
Siquijor
Bohol
Misamis Oriental
Agusan del Sur
Camiguin Island
PAGASA said Ruby may bring an estimated rainfall of 7.5 to 20 mm per hour (heavy to intense) within its 700-km diameter.
It added Ruby and the Northeast Monsoon will bring rough to very rough sea conditions over the seaboards of Northern Luzon, eastern seaboard of Central and Southern Luzon, over the seaboards of Visayas and over the northern and eastern seaboards of Mindanao.
"Fisherfolks and those using small seacraft are advised not to venture out over the said seaboards," it said.
It also warned those living near coastal areas to be alert against possible storm surges.
In its latest advisory, JTWC said "expect the system to shift slightly to the northwest into a small weakness in the subtropical ridge and continue to weaken as the system tracks along the Bicol peninsula."