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Davao Region braces for TD Rai

DAVAO CITY, December 14 (PIA)—Members of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council brace for the onslaught of tropical depression Rai. Manolito Orense, director of the Office of Civil Defense XI bared that the tropical depression is still outside the Philippine area of responsibility estimated at 1,760 kilometers East of Mindanao. He said the tropical depression is forecasted to move generally west northwestward and will enter the PAR either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. “It will be called tropical storm Odette when it enters the country,” she said. Engr. Lolita Vinalay, meteorologist of the DOST-Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration bared that signal Number three might be the strongest wind signal to be given to Davao Region with its current speed at 155 kilometers per hour. She discouraged fishermen in the provinces of Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, and Davao del Norte to do sea travel since the current will be rough to ver