Residents of the Visayas and Mindanao woke up to a wet and windy Christmas Tuesday as a new storm emerged in the Pacific and threatened to deal a double whammy to a country still reeling from Typhoon "Pablo." A low-pressure area developed into a tropical depression and later intensified into a storm—named "Quinta"—contrary to predictions by local weather forecasters. Quinta (international name: "Wukong") was packing peak winds of 75 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts up to 90 kph, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) to raise storm warnings. "Davao region i...
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