Tropical cyclone in Philippines
At 6:30 PM of January 3, 2009, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the Low Pressure Area (LPA) East of Mindanao has developed into a Tropical Depression (TD) and was named "Auring". At this point the maximum sustained winds near the center is 55 kph and is moving Northwest at 7 kph. Public Storm Warning Signal Number 1 (PSWS#1) was raised at Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, and Surigao del Norte.Reports reaching the PNRC National Headquarters Operation Center (OpCen) in Port Area, Manila late yesterday said there were floodings in the provinces of Negros Oriental, Bohol and Samar in the Visayas; and Zamboanga del Norte, Iligan, Cagayan de Oro and Gingoog City in Western Mindanao.
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GIST Data Sets Philippines
GIST is currently processing the 44 200K Russian topographic sheets covering the area of the Philippines affected by Typhoon Ketsana and will publish them next week.
