‘Bebeng’ halts Bicol ferries, flights 05/08/2011

‘Bebeng’ halts Bicol ferries, flights

05/08/2011
More than 1,000 passengers were stranded in the Bicol region yesterday as ferries stayed at port and some domestic flights were cancelled ahead of an approaching storm, the emergency services said.

The state weather bureau said tropical storm “Bebeng,” the first major weather disturbance of the year, was expected to hit Catanduanes, an island of about 250,000, on Sunday morning.

The storm is packing winds of up to 65 kilometers an hour near the center and was churning slowly westward toward the northern Luzon from the Pacific Ocean, it added..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110508hed6.html