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New typhoon likely to have ‘effect’ on SEA Games venues
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Sheila Reyes said that since Kammuri was categorized as a typhoon, its coverage could be vast and that rain and strong winds would likely affect Central and Southern Luzon, including Metro Manila.
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The 2019 Southeast (SEA) Games logo in Philippines. (2019seagames.com/2019seagames.com)
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ome sports venues for the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games might feel the “direct effect” of Typhoon Kammuri on Dec. 3 and 4, the Philippines’ state weather bureau warned on Thursday.
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) weather specialist Sheila Reyes told inquirer.net in a phone interview that since Kammuri was categorized as a typhoon, its coverage could be vast and that rain and strong winds would likely affect Central and Southern Luzon, including Metro Manila.
The 2019 SEA Games have scheduled sporting events in Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Pampanga, Zambales, Tarlac and Metro Manila.
Reyes said that the typhoon might not directly hit but it most probably would have a direct effect on areas surrounding the Games.
Reyes, however, noted that since Pagasa was doing a five-day forecast on the typhoon, its current prediction was subject to uncertainty and might be changed.
In the bureau’s 5 p.m. weather update on Thursday, Pagasa said that Kammuri was last spotted 1,425 kilometers east of Visayas. The state weather bureau also said Kammuri was packing maximum sustained winds of 130 km per hour near the center and gusts of up to 160 kph. The typhoon was moving northwest at 10 kph, it added.
Pagasa earlier said Kammuri was predicted to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on the morning of the 2019 SEA Games opening day on Saturday, or Sunday morning.
