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PEPITO, the 16th tropical cyclone to enter the Philippine area of responsibility this year, intensified into a typhoon as it underwent rapid intensification, said the state weather bureau on Friday, November 15, 2024.As of 10 a.m. Friday, the center of Pepito was spotted at 630 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar with maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour , gusts of up to 160 km/h, and central pressure of 975 hPa.
“However, considering the limits of the forecast confidence cone, a landfall scenario over the eastern coast of Camarines Sur, Albay, or Sorsogon during the same time frame, over the eastern coast of Northern Samar tomorrow afternoon or evening, or along the eastern coast of Quezon or Aurora on Sunday afternoon or evening remains not ruled out,” said Pagasa.
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