The latest storm news from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that at 11pm on September 10, the tropical depression outside the forecast area (PAR) strengthened into storm Bebinca.
The eye of the storm is located at approximately 12.7 degrees north latitude, 145.0 degrees east longitude, 2,105 km east of Eastern Visayas. Maximum sustained winds near the eye are 65 km/h, gusting to 80 km/h, and the central pressure is 998 hPa. Wind radius is 200 km from the eye.
PAGASA's storm forecast said Bebinca is expected to move mainly northwestward until the evening of September 13, then may turn west-northwestward.
Meanwhile, according to the National Weather Service and the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center, at 11 p.m. on September 10, Typhoon Bebinca was 96 kilometers southeast of the US territory of Guam in the western Pacific Ocean, moving northwest at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
Bebinca is expected to strengthen into a severe tropical storm by the morning of September 13. The possibility of Bebinca strengthening into a typhoon cannot be ruled out, as the storm is still over the Pacific Ocean.
The current track scenario shows that Bebinca will not directly impact any part of the Philippines, but is expected to intensify the southwest monsoon, causing rains in Visayas and Palawan, and thunderstorms in Bicol and Mindanao from September 12 onwards.
However, the rainfall scenario is still subject to change depending on the track and intensity of Storm Bebinca.
