MANILA, Philippines — Classes are suspended in parts of Luzon and the Visayas on Wednesday, October 23, due to the effects of Tropical Storm Kristine.
Luzon City of Manila (face-to-face and online classes, all levels, public and private) Valenzuela City (face-to-face classes, all levels, public and private) Pasay City (face-to-face and online classes, all levels, public and private) Quezon City (all levels, public and private) Malabon City (all levels, public and private) Las Piñas City (all levels, public and private) Parañaque City (all levels, public and private; shift to online classes) San Juan City (all levels, public and private) Marikina City (face-to-face and asynchronous classes, all levels, public and private) Taguig City (all levels, public and private) Pasig City (all levels. public and private) Pateros (all levels, public and private) Mandaluyong City (all levels, public and private) Nueva Ecija (all levels, public and private) Bulacan (all levels, public and private) Cavite (all levels, public and private) Bulusan, Sorsogon (all levels, public and private) Sta. Magdalena, Sorsogon (all levels, public and private) Pangasinan (all levels, public and private) Sariaya, Quezon (all levels, public and private) Batangas City (all levels, public and private) Tarlac City (all levels, public and private) Lipa City, Batangas (all levels, public and private) Laguna (all levels, public and private) Muntinlupa City (all levels, public and private) Visayas Cebu (all levels, public and private) Victorias City, Negros Accidental (all levels, public and private) Panitan, Capiz (all levels, public and private) Tropical Storm Kristine updateThe Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), in its 5:00 p.m. weather bulletin reported that Kristine is forecast to make a landfall in Isabela or northern Aurora on Wednesday evening, October 23, or early Thursday morning, October 24.
It is also expected to develop into a severe tropical storm before it makes landfall.
The tropical storm was located Tuesday afternoon some 390 kilometers east of Daet, Camarines Norte, moving west-northwest at 15 kilometers per hour (kph), with a maximum wind speed of 75 kph and gustiness of up to 90 kph.
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