MEKKHALA TYPHOON Will Bring Heavy Rains To North-East Philippines Till Sunday

SATELLITE IMAGE TAKEN AT 0642 HOURS GMT SHOWS MEKKHALA MOVING INTO PHILIPPINES

January 18, 2015, 0500 Hours GMT: Latest Update

Typhoon Mekkhala will bring heavy rainfall to Samar, Bicol, and Calabarzon, Philippines in the next 36 hours till evening of January 18, 2015.

It lies presently about 200 kilometers from Borongan on Samar Island. Wind speeds are about 100 kph gusts up to 120 kph. But is already weakening. Within the next two hours it will move inland into north Samar.  By tomorrow morning it will move into Calabarzon. Mekkhala will start dissipating by the time it reaches Luzon. By tomorrow evening, that is Sunday, it will be history. It will not affect Manila significantly except for moderate rains on Sunday.

It will bring heaviest rains in North Samar, Bikol and Calabarzon. Mekkhala is a weak storm which will just bring some rains in certain parts of the country (mentioned above) and then disintegrate. But expect winds of 50-60 kph in Bikol, Calabarzon and parts of Mimiropa till today late night.

THIS 0530 HOURS GMT, JANUARY  17, 2015, IMAGE SHOWS MEKKHALA IS ALREADY BREAKING UP