MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm “Ursula” (international name: Phanfone) has exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau said.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Ursula exited PAR at 9:50 a.m. on Saturday.
𝐀𝐭 𝟗:𝟓𝟎 𝐀𝐌 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟖 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗
𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 #𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐇) 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
— PAGASA-DOST (@dost_pagasa) December 28, 2019
Ursula entered PAR two days before Christmas Day and has forced out 12,139 families of 45,757 persons out of their homes in 340 villages in Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, and Caraga.
Over 20 people were killed during Ursula’s onslaught, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) earlier said.
Ursula, likely the last tropical cyclone to hit the country this year, also prompted the cancelation of dozens of flights and stranded passengers at ports.