PAGASA recommends class suspensions due to typhoon


Weather bureau PAGASA has recommended to the national government the suspension of classes in Metro Manila and provinces nearby as Typhoon Milenyo (international codename: Xangsane) made landfall Wednesday.

PAGASA said that aside from Metro Manila, classes should be canceled in Cavite, Batangas, Laguna and Bulacan on Thursday.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the typhoon, which packed winds of 120 kilometers per hour with gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour as it struck the island of Samar.

PAGASA said the typhoon would hit the Bicol peninsula late Wednesday and other areas of Luzon over the next three days.

Storm Signal No. 3 has been raised over the islands of Samar, Leyte and Bicol region while Signal No. 1 was hoisted over Camarines Norte province and parts of Quezon.

Signal No. 1, meanwhile, was raised over Southern Tagalog region, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon and Marinduque. With a report from AFP