WEATHERMEN on Thursday afternoon placed the eastern provinces of Catanduanes in the Bicol Region and Northern Samar in Eastern Visayas under Storm Signal No. 1 as typhoon Dodong (international name: Noul) intensified as it entered the country.

According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration Dodong was last spotted 780 kilometers east of Borongan town in Eastern Samar, packing maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 185 kph. It was moving west-northwest at 20 kph.

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