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- ECHO Daily flash of 20/11/2018

A new tropical cyclone THIRTYTHREE (SAMUEL in the Philippines) formed over the Philippine Sea on 18 November and started moving north-west toward the central Philippines. On 20 November at 0:00 UTC, its centre was located approx. 265 km east-north-east of Surigao City (northern Mindanao Island) and 315 km east-south-east of Abuyog Town (Leyte Province, Eastern Visayas Region) with maximum sustained winds of 56 km/h (tropical depression).
SAMUEL could make landfall over southern Leyte Province on 20 November as a tropical depression, before possibly moving west over Visayas Islands on 20-21 November and on to Palawan Island (Mimaropa Region) as a tropical storm. It may reach coastal areas of south-east Vietnam on 24 November.
Over the next 24 hours, heavy rain could affect Visayas Islands and northern Mindanao.
As of 20 November at 8:00 UTC, a tropical cyclone warning Signal number 1 is in effect for Visayas Islands, northern Mindanao and southern Luzon.