Tropical storm ‘Perla’ becomes a severe tropical storm

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 06:11:43 +0000

TRACK of tropical storm ‘Perla’

Tropical cyclone “Perla” (international name “Neoguri”) intensified into a severe tropical storm yesterday.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration estimated the location of Perla at 600 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes before noon yesterday, packing maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 115 kph, and moving west-northwest at 15 kph.

Perla will be outside the country’s area of responsibility  late today or early tomorrow, PAGASA weather specialist Meno Mendoza said.

The tropical cyclone is still not expected to directly affect  the country. However, residents and disaster managers in extreme Northern Luzon were still advised to continue monitoring for official weather updates.

Mendoza said the northeasterly surface wind flow remains the prevailing weather system that may bring occasional g
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