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Typhoon Quinta keeps strength ahead of exit, heads toward Vietnam

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/10/27/quinta.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA - Typhoon Quinta (international name: Molave) kept its strength ahead of its expected exit from the Philippine area of responsibility on Tuesday morning, the state weather bureau said after the storm left at least 2 dead and displaced thousands in Luzon.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/26/20/over-150000-displaced-2-reported-dead-as-quinta-wreaked-havoc-in-ph">Over 150,000 displaced, 2 reported dead as Quinta wreaks havoc in PH</a></li></ul><p>The country&#x27;s 17th storm this year was last estimated 305 kilometers north northeast of Pag-asa Island, Palawan as of 4 a.m., moving west at 25 km per hour while packing maximum winds of 140 kph and gusts of up to 170 kph, PAGASA said in its latest weather bulletin.</p><p>Molave is forecast to make landfall in central Vietnam on Wednesday, it earlier said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/26/20/vietnam-ready-to-evacuate-13-million-people-as-typhoon-approaches">Vietnam ready to evacuate 1.3 million people as typhoon approaches</a></li></ul><p>A low pressure area spotted outside PAR at 1,855 km east of Southern Luzon is likely to develop into tropical depression &quot;Rolly&quot; and enter the country in the next 48 hours, PAGASA weather forecaster Ariel Rojas told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZhKwQhvDluQ?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>On Tuesday, Quinta will bring moderate to heavy rains over Western Visayas, Occidental Mindoro, Palawan including Calamian, Cuyo, and Kalayaan Islands, Aurora, Isabela, and Cagayan, PAGASA said.</p><p>Zamboanga peninsula, Bangsamoro, Northern Mindanao, Caraga, and the rest of Luzon and Visayas will experience light to moderate with at times heavy rains due to Quinta, it added.</p><p>Flooding and rain-induced landslides may occur during heavy or prolonged rainfall especially in areas that are highly susceptible to these hazards.</p><p>Tropical cyclone warning signal no. 1 was hoisted over Kalayaan Islands, where 30-60 kph winds may rip roofs off nipa and cogon huts, damage rice crops and down banana plants.</p><div><em>Visit the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/weather" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Weather Center</a> for updates.</em></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VWXm1eFWylo?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Typhoon Quinta kept its strength ahead of its expected exit from the Philippine area of responsibility on Tuesday morning, the state weather bureau said after the storm left at least 2 dead and displaced thousands in Luzon.</p>

Typhoon Quinta kept its strength ahead of its expected exit from the Philippine area of responsibility on Tuesday morning, the state weather bureau said after the storm left at least 2 dead and displaced thousands in Luzon.