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MANILA, Philippines – Tropical depression Ulises is expected to continue to intensify and even become a typhoon before it makes landfall somewhere in the Bicol region, probably on Wednesday.
This was the latest forecast issued Sunday night by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Ulysses was last located 800 km east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, moving northwest at 15 km / h.
According to the Pagasa trajectory prediction, Ulises would make a push northwest after Monday night before moving west toward Camarines Sur province in the Bicol Region. A slight turn to the southwest would place it directly east of the Catanduanes and Albay provinces.
The three areas, Camarines Sur, Albay and Catanduanes, were hit by Super Typhoon Rolly on November 1, causing extensive damage to infrastructure.
By Wednesday, just before making landfall, possibly in Catanduanes, it would have turned into a typhoon.
At the time of this writing, Ulysses had maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center with gusts up to 55 kph.
No tropical cyclone wind signals have been issued.
It also has no effect on the local weather at this time. But starting on Tuesday or Wednesday, it can start to bring rain and winds over Eastern Visayas and Bicol.
The No. 1 tropical cyclonic wind signal may rise over parts of those areas Monday night or Tuesday morning.
Pagasa advised residents on the possible Ulysses trail to continue to monitor their weather updates and coordinate with local disaster risk reduction offices to avoid casualties, especially since the aforementioned areas were recently hit by Rolly.
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