Pepito causes scattered rains, exits PAR Thursday

Updated THU · OCT 22, 2020 · 4:50 AM

Tropical Storm Pepito caused scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over parts of Luzon and Visayas on Wednesday.

PAGASA warned that flash floods or landslides may occur in Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, Palawan, and Western Visayas due to scattered light to moderate rains.

As of Wednesday night, Pepito was moving southwestward at 10 kph with maximum sustained winds of 95 kph near the center and gustiness up to 115 kph.

Pepito is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday morning or afternoon and may intensify into a typhoon as it heads towards Vietnam.

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