Signal No. 4 up in parts of Visayas, Mindanao as Typhoon Tino intensifies

TYPHOON Kalmaegi (local name: Tino) slightly intensified as it moves toward Eastern Visayas on Monday afternoon, prompting the state weather bureau to raise a Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 over parts of Visayas and Mindanao.

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Kalmaegi packing with sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of 160 kph, was located 170 km east southeast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in its 5 p.m. advisory.

The typhoon is moving westward at a speed of 20 kph and is forecast to “make landfall or pass very close to Homonhon Island or Dinagat Islands tonight or early tomorrow morning (Nov. 4).”

"It is then expected to make landfall over Leyte or Southern Leyte by early tomorrow morning, before crossing the Visayas and northern Palawan throughout tomorrow and Wednesday (Nov. 5) early morning." It is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility by Thursday.