(Image grabbed from PAGASA's Facebook page) MANILA - Typhoon Odette has further intensified as it made landfall over Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. In a bulletin posted at 3 p.m., the weather bureau said Odette now packs maximum sustained winds of 195 km. per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 240 kph. Heavy to torrential rains over will continue over Caraga, Central Visayas, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Southern Leyte, and Negros Occidental. Moderate to heavy, with at times intense rains persist over Leyte, the southern portions of Eastern Samar and Samar, Zamboanga del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, and the rest of Northern Mindanao. Light to moderate, with at times heavy rains are forecast over Bicol Region, Quezon, and the rest of Visayas, the rest of Zamboanga Peninsula, and mainland Bangsamoro. Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 remains hoisted over Southern Leyte, the southwestern portion of
(Image grabbed from PAGASA's Facebook page) MANILA - Typhoon Odette further weakened as it made another landfall in the vicinity of Carcar, Cebu, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Thursday night. In its 11 p.m. tropical cyclone bulletin, the weather bureau said the center of the eye of Typhoon Odette was located in the vicinity of Carcar with maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 240 kph. The typhoon earlier made landfalls over Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte at 1:30 p.m.; Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands (3:10 p.m.); Liloan, Southern Leyte (4:50 p.m.); Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte (5:40 p.m.); Pres. Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol (6:30 p.m.); and Bien Unido, Bohol (7:30 p.m.) PAGASA said Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 is still hoisted over The western portion of Bohol (Balilihan, Catigbian, Loon, San Isidro, Antequera, Maribojoc, Cortes, Clarin, Calape, Tubigon, Sagbay