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Track so far Into Aurora Spread

31°

Manila is still humid. Typhoon Leon is east of Luzon and makes landfall on the Aurora coast in about 18 hours. The rain wall reaches the city after 17:40. Baguio stays 22° on the ridge.

Where Leon hits first

Aurora

18h

Landfall. 200–280 mm. Coast goes first.

Quezon

30°

Eyewall rain after 18:10. 150–220 mm.

Manila

31°

Signal next. Flooded streets after 17:40.

Makati

32°

Underpasses fill. Heavier core 18:30.

Baguio

22°

Ridge wind, not the eye. 40–70 mm.

From heat to the wall

16:00Heat holds
17:00Wind turns
17:40Rain wall
18:30Heavy core
20:00Streets full
+18hAurora landfall
Manila Bay

Manila Bay

Leon is still offshore. The bay walk floods before the eye arrives. Do not stay for the view.

A flooded Manila street

After 17:40

This is the street, not the eye. Low roads and underpasses go under first.

Typhoon Leon

What to do before landfall

This is a typhoon east of Luzon, not the Vietnam storm. Five steps for Manila and the east coast. The map stays above.

1

Name your coast

Aurora takes the eye. Quezon takes the eyewall rain. Manila floods after 17:40. Baguio is wind on the ridge, not landfall.

2

Pack before the signal rises

Papers, water, a light, a power bank, and cash. The network gets worse as Leon comes in, not after it has passed.

3

Secure the room

Shut windows. Clear the balcony. Move the car off the lowest street while it is still only humid.

4

Leave the east-coast low ground

If you are in Aurora or coastal Quezon, go inland before the 18-hour landfall. In Manila, skip the bay and the underpass.

5

Keep one line open

Agree where you meet. The next pass is 17:10. Do not wait for a message once the rain wall is overhead.

Leon makes landfall on Aurora first. Manila’s problem in the next hours is the rain wall, then the typhoon itself overnight.