TYPHOON SAUDEL entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Monday but was expected to stay far from the country and leave within 12 hours, as flooding from earlier storms and the southwest monsoon pushed 102 areas to declare a state of calamity.
Saudel, which was given the local name Obet after entering PAR, might slightly intensify but would remain a typhoon while inside the country’s monitoring zone, the state weather bureau said.
“Obet will continue moving generally west northwestward for the next two days before moving generally westward for the remaining forecast period,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in a 5 p.m. bulletin.
As of 4 p.m., Saudel was 1,430 kilometers east-northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 165 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 205 kph. It was moving west-northwest at 30 kph, with typhoon-force winds extending up to 540 kilometers from its center.
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