MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Auring is still hovering on waters off Mindanao island as of Thursday afternoon, but state meteorologists warned this lingering means it could intensify into a severe tropical storm before making landfall.
Latest updates from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) showed that Auring was last seen 640 kilometers east southeast of Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur, slowly moving northwest over eastern Mindanao waters at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour (kph).
As Auring spends more time over the sea, intensifying into a severe tropical storm between Friday and Saturday is more probable even as it…
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