MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Surigae remains outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) but state meteorologists say that the effects of its trough may extend to eastern portions of Visayas and Mindanao.
Latest updates from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Wednesday afternoon showed Surigae was 1,195 kilometers east of Mindanao, packing maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 90 kph.
It was moving northwest at a speed of 10 kph and is expected to enter PAR a bit earlier, around Friday morning, as a Typhoon-category storm.
It would be given the local name “Bis…
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