WeatherAlert: Severe Tropical Storm Odette (Rai) will bring strong winds and serious rainfall to parts of the Philippines with just over a week to go before Christmas. OdettePH
MANILA, Philippines – Parts of Mindanao and the Visayas were placed under Signal No. 1 late Tuesday evening, December 14, following the entry of Severe Tropical Storm Odette into the Philippine Area of Responsibility .at 7 pm on Tuesday, was last spotted 890 kilometers east of Mindanao, moving west northwest at 15 kilometers per hour .
It could strengthen into a typhoon within 12 hours, or within the first half of Wednesday, December 15, and reach a peak intensity of 155 km/h before hitting land. In terms of rainfall, PAGASA said Odette’s trough or extension and its outermost rainbands will already be felt on Wednesday, even though it remains hundreds of kilometers away from land.
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