Typhoon Odette, International Name 'Rai,' wreaks havoc over Vis-Min region
On December 14 th of 2021, PAGASA announced that a severe tropical storm with an international name “Rai” has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and was named “Odette”. At around 10pm that time, the center of severe tropical storm Odette was estimated based on all available data at 890 km East of Mindanao. Odette has an intensity of maximum sustained winds of 100 km/h near the center, gustiness of up to 125 km/h and central pressure of 985 hPa. Its present movement upon detection was heading West Northwestward with a speed of 15 km/h passing Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte, over the coastal waters of San Juan in Southern Leyte, Nueva Valencia in Guimaras, and Araceli in Palawan. The typhoon was so severe that the southeastern portion of Eastern Samar and some parts of Mindanao (Dinagat, Eastern portion of Surigao del Norte, Siargao, Bucas Grande Islands and the northern portion of Surigao del Sur) ...