TROPICAL STORM Phanfone, which will have the local name Ursula when it enters the Philippine area possibly on Monday morning, has intensified with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (km/h) and gustiness of up to 80 km/h, weather agency PAGASA reported on Sunday. Meanwhile, the low pressure area in Mindanao has dissipated as of Sunday morning. Ursula is seen to make landfall between the Eastern Visayas and Caraga areas on Tuesday, Christmas eve. It is expected to traverse the Visayas islands and affect the central to northern parts of Mindanao as well as southern Luzon, including Metro Manila during the week. The tropical storm’s center was located 1,365 km east of Mindanao as of 10 a.m. Sunday.

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