LGUs told to prepare as 'Queenie' intensifies into tropical storm

A motorist drives past residents with their belongings camping out along a highway next to a flooded village in Kawit town, Cavite province on October 30, 2022, a day after Tropical Storm Nalgae hit.

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MANILA, Philippines — 'Queenie' has intensified into tropical storm and state weather forecasters expect it to gain more strength in the next 12 hours.

According to PAGASA’s 11 a.m. bulletin, Queenie’s center was last spotted 815 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao, with winds as high as 65 km per hour and gusts of up to 80 kph. It entered the Philippine monitoring area at 5 a.m. on Monday.

No tropical cyclone wind signals have been raised yet and PAGASA notes that the storm will not “directly affect the country” until Tuesday. 

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