MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Urduja has slightly intensified on Friday morning as it barrels toward the eastern coast of Samar island. It was 205 km east of Borongan City, Eastern Samar as of 4 a.m."Urduja," moving west northwest at 5 kph, is expected to make landfall on Saturday morning or afternoon over Northern Samar-Eastern Samar area. Public storm warning signals are raised in the following areas:SIgnal No. Areas under public storm warning signal no. "Estimated rainfall amount is from moderate to heavy within the 500 km diameter of the Tropical Storm," PAGASA said.

Source: Philippine Star December 14, 2017 23:26 UTC