Bad weather strands 231 passengers

At least 231 passengers were stranded due to bad weather conditions.

The Coast Guard Cebu district commander Enrico Efren said 39 vessels and 18 motor bancas below 250 gross tonnage are grounded as of 6 a.m., Monday. The weather state bureau raised a gale warning over Visayas.

Here are the breakdown of those stranded include:

OCEAN JET 88
MV ST BRAQUEL 5
MV ST JHUDIEL
M/V “OCEAN JET 5”
M/V “WEESAM EXPRESS 8”
MV BLESSED STARS
M/V “STARCRAFTS 7”
MV LAPU-LAPU FERRY 8
MV SOUTH PACIFIC
MV GLORIA 2
MV ISLAND EXPRESS V
SUPER SHUTTLE FERRY 24
MV SUPER SHUTTLE FERRY 11
MV SUPER SHUTTLE FEERY 19
LCT ISIDORE
LCT CADIZ NAVISTAR
MV LEONOR 3
MV LEONOR 2
MV ISLAND RORO 1
MV AZNAR 2
MV CITY OF BACOLOD
MV LITE FERRY 20
MV FAST CRAFT AZNAR 3
SANTANDER EXPRESS II
SANTANDER EXPRESS III
MV OCEAN JET 888
MV OCEAN JET 6
MV OCEAN JET 7
MV  VG 1
MV LITE FERRY 3
MV STAR CRAFT 2
LCT BRENDAN
MV VG RORO 2
MV J&N CARIER
MV LADY ANGEL
MV LADY OF SACRED HEART
MV LADY OF GUADALUPE
J&N FERRY
CGS DGTE
MBCA CLEMER 0
MBCA MEME 1
MBCA MEME 2
MBCA SR.SAN ISIDRO 6
MBCA RENEL CRUISER
MBCA MEME
MBCA SAN ANTONIO
MBCA JEFFREY
MBCA MARIELOU
MBCA JETHEL
MBCA JETHEL 2
MBCA BABY FATIMA 2
MBCA BABY FATIMA 3
MBCA MABUHAY 3
MBCA MAE LAN JOY
MBCA DESAMPARADOS 1
MBCA HANNAH GLITZ
MBCA SUPER SM 2

Pagasa Visayas Director Oscar Tabada also warned the public on an intensified southwest monsoon as a typhoon is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Wednesday morning.

Once it enters PAR, the typhoon will be named “Falcon”.

“It is still in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to reach the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) around Tuesday evening. Falcon will bring strong winds Habagat but will not make a land fall and will go towards the Southern Islands of Japan territory,” Tabada said.