MANILA, Philippines — The tropical depression outside the Philippines’ area of responsibility strengthened on Tuesday, with state weather meteorologists predicting that it will become a typhoon by the weekend.
Latest updates from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) showed that the tropical depression was last spotted 1,290 kilometers east of Mindanao.
It had maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 70 kph. It is moving west at a speed of 20 kph.
Even though it is currently moving westward, Pagasa said that it is likely to move to the north by Wednesday, by which time it would have b…
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