MANILA, Philippines - A new tropical storm developed Monday in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines, where a powerful typhoon last week left at least 76 killed, officials said Monday.
Tropical Storm Bebinca was packing maximum winds of 40 miles per hour and may become a typhoon as it moves east toward the Luzon Strait between the Philippine island of Luzon and Taiwan later this week, the Philippine weather bureau said.
The storm was located about 400 miles east of the central Philippines early Monday, said meteorologist Robert Sawi.
He said it was too early to say if any parts of Luzon will be directly hit, a week after Typhoon Xangsane …
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