THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Tuesday that severe tropical storm 'Maring' left the country but storm alerts remained up in parts of Luzon.

Pagasa in its 5 p.m. bulletin said Signal No. 2 remains over Batanes and Babuyan Islands. Signal No. 1 is still up over the mainland Cagayan, the western portion of Isabela (Maconacon, San Pablo, Santa Maria, Cabagan, Santo Tomas, Delfin Albano, Quezon, Naguilian, Echague, Aurora, Ramon, Burgos, Tumauini, Cordon, San Mateo, Jones, Angadanan, San Manuel, San Agustin, Roxas, Benito Soliven, Mallig, City of Cauayan, Ilagan City, Luna, San Isidro, Quirino, Reina Mercedes, San Mariano, Alicia, Cabatuan, Gamu, City of Santiago and San Guillermo), Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, and the northern portion of Bataan (Hermosa, Dinalupihan, Morong, Orani, Samal and Abucay).