Typhoon Nesat made landfall on September 26, over northeast Luzon Island, Philippines. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, the system maintained typhoon strength at landfall, with maximum sustained winds equivalent to that of a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Reports from the Philippine capital Manila indicate that precautionary measures were taken as the storm approached; including large scale power shut downs, which shut the financial markets. Manila Electric Company has reported that large power outages resulted from high winds and emerging reports also indicate that flooding has occurred. Little information is available at this time from outside the capital.
Under the forecast, as of 00:00 UTC Tuesday, September 27, Nesat is forecast to track across northern Luzon, around 100 miles north of the Philippine capital Manila, weakening as it tracks west due to interaction with land. Nesat is forecast to re-merge over the South China Sea in approximately 12 hours, and is then forecast to track west-northwest. The extended forecast, while containing a large degree of uncertainty, has the system approaching southern China – with the center of the system currently forecast to track over Hainan Island, China, as a typhoon.
Source : RMS
