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New storm to hit Philippines: forecasters

by Staff Writers
Manila (AFP) Nov 21, 2007
Tropical storm Mitag bore down on the eastern Philippines on Wednesday, flooding large areas of the region, days after another killed 10 people in the country's south, officials said.

Mitag, with winds of up to 75 kilometres (46.5 miles) an hour was on course to hit the Bicol peninsula southeast of Manila on Friday, weather forecasters said.

It was tracked 1,020 kilometres northeast of Legaspi, Bicol's largest city at 11:00am (0300 GMT), and forecast to reach typhoon strength of at least 120 kilometres an hour when its eye passes close to the island of Catanduanes, to Legaspi's northeast, early Thursday.

The civil defence office in Manila said flooding had displaced about 2,000 people in three Bicol towns.

The coastguard here said it would likely suspend ferry services between Bicol and the central islands as a precaution due to rough seas.

Tropical storm Hagibis blew out into the South China Sea on Tuesday after killing 10 people and displacing about 30,000 others in southern and central islands.

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European polar satellite improving weather predictions
Amsterdam (AFP) Sept 24, 2007
The European polar satellite MetOp-A, launched last year, is already improving weather predictions and will soon help global environmental and security monitoring, scientists said here Monday.







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