MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Bising (internationally known as Surigae) maintained its strength as it continued moving north Wednesday night, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Bising which was last spotted 355 km east of Calayan, Cagayan, still had maximum sustained winds of 165 kph near the center with a gustiness of up to 205 kph.
It was moving north at 15 kph.
Pagasa expects Bising to start recurving in the coming hours, predicting it to be around 410 km east of Basco, Batanes by Thursday night and 855 km east-northeast of extreme Northern Luzon by Friday night.
By that time, it would have regressed as…
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