MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Bising’s latest forecast track on Friday showed that it would move closer to the country’s landmass, with state meteorologists not completely ruling out a landfall scenario in the coming days.
Latest updates from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) showed Bising (international name Surigae) was last spotted 895 kilometers east of Surigao City in Surigao del Norte.
Despite Bising’s apparent westward progression of about 15 kilometers per hour (kph), Pagasa pointed out that its precise path relies in part on the interaction with a high-pressure area (HPA) north of it.
As the HPA ridge prevent…
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