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(Image grabbed from PAGASA's Facebook page) MANILA - Typhoon Odette further weakened as it made another landfall in the vicinity of Carcar, Cebu, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Thursday night. In its 11 p.m. tropical cyclone bulletin, the weather bureau said the center of the eye of Typhoon Odette was located in the vicinity of Carcar with maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 240 kph. The typhoon earlier made landfalls over Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte at 1:30 p.m.; Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands (3:10 p.m.); Liloan, Southern Leyte (4:50 p.m.); Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte (5:40 p.m.); Pres. Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol (6:30 p.m.); and Bien Unido, Bohol (7:30 p.m.) PAGASA said Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 is still hoisted over The western portion of Bohol (Balilihan, Catigbian, Loon, San Isidro, Antequera, Maribojoc, Cortes, Clarin, Calape, Tubigon, Sagbay
Extensive lateral spreading near riverbanks of Napo River, Inabanga, Bohol after the Oct. 15, 2013 7.2-magnitude earthquake. (PHIVOLCS) On this day, Oct. 15, a "very destructive" earthquake measuring 7.2-magnitude on the Richter scale shook Bohol province in 2013. The strong shaking occurred at 8: