The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in MIMAROPA region sought to quell social media comparisons between the intensifying Typhoon Tino and the catastrophic Super Typhoon Yolanda on Monday, saying that while their projected paths overlap, Tino remains far less powerful.

Typhoon Tino, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 180 kph late Monday, was churning west-northwestward over the waters east of Dinagat Islands, about 95 kilometers southeast of Guiuan in Eastern Samar province, according to the state weather bureau PAGASA.

The storm is forecast to make landfall over Leyte or Southern Leyte early Tuesday before crossing the central Visayas and northern Palawan, with possible slight further intensification to 155 kph over the next few days but no projection reaching super typhoon strength.

“While the current forecast track of Tropical Cyclone Tino has similarities with TC Yolanda, which affected parts of MIMAROPA Region in 2013, the two weather systems have different intensities and may bring distinct impacts to the communities of the region,” Marc Rembrandt Victore, officer-in-charge of OCD MIMAROPA, said in a statement.

Yolanda, known internationally as Haiyan, slammed ashore in 2013 with sustained winds of 235 kph, killing more than 6,300 people in one of the world’s deadliest recorded typhoons.

As of 8pm, Nov. 3, 2025, PAGASA has hoisted its highest storm signal, No. 4, over parts of Eastern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, northern Cebu, northeastern Bohol, Dinagat Islands and Siargao and Bucas Grande islands, where typhoon-force winds of 118-184 kph pose a high to severe threat to life and property.

Meanwhile, Oriental and Occidental Mindoro provinces are placed under storm signal no. 1.