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'Crising' nears, may intensify today; Palace readies agencies
Manila Bulletin
|July 18, 2025
"The Virtual Emergency Operations Center was also activated as early as July 16," she added.
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Agencies now on alert include PAGASA, which provides continuous monitoring and updated forecasts.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) was tasked to cascade guidance to local governments, while the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) pre-positioned relief stocks.
As of 10 a.m. Thursday, PAGASA said the center of Crising was estimated at 520 km east-northeast of Juban, Sorsogon, or 470 km east-northeast of Virac, Catanduanes.
It was moving north-northwestward at 25 km/h, with maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h near the center and gustiness of up to 70 km/h.
Forecast track, intensity outlook
PAGASA said that Crising is expected to traverse the following path:
• By 8 p.m. on July 17, it will be located approximately 555 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora.
• By 8 a.m. on July 18, it will be about 350 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.
• By that evening, around 8 p.m., it is forecast to be 125 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan.
This story is from the July 18, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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