User:DachshundLover82/sandbox/Tropical Storm Bebinca (2000)

Meteorological history
At 6:00 UTC on October 28, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began to monitor a monsoon trough that had developed roughly 380 miles (610 km) to the east of Yap, for potential tropical cyclogenesis. Synoptic data soon began to indicate that an area of low pressure had formed within the trough. As the disturbance began to drift towards the west, remaining disorganized due to multiple circulations being present within the system. During October 30, convection began to increase in association with a cross-equatorial flow south of the low-level center. By 18:00 UTC that day, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) designated the disturbance as a tropical depression while it was located near Palau. Just four hours later, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) due to the system being in a favorable environment for tropical cyclogenesis, while it displayed signs of development. At 0:00 UTC the following day, convection became better organized around the low-level center, prompting the JTWC to issue its first advisory on the tropical depression, tagging it as 31W. At the same time, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) began to issue bulletins on the system, providing it the name Seniang.

The depression initially moved swiftly towards the west-northwest at around 17-23 mph (27-37 km/h). Although, the system soon began to slow its forward motion as it intensified, with PAGASA upgraded it into a tropical storm by 12:00 UTC that same day. Just six hours later, the JTWC followed suit despite the center being partially exposed, with only a convective banding feature wrapping into the cyclone. It took the JMA until 0:00 UTC on November 1 to finally upgrade the system into a tropical storm, while it was located around 265 miles (425 km) east-northeast of Surigao City on the island of Mindanao. The storm was given the international name Bebinca, which is a Macanese milk pudding usually served in Portuguese restaurants on the island of Macau. The name itself was submitted to the Northwest Pacific naming lists by Macau.

Preparations and impact
Ahead of Bebinca, all schools, government buildings, stores, and banks were closed. Ferries were prohibited to leave port, leaving more than 1,300 people stranded at a port to the southeast of Manila. Philippine Airlines redirected all domestic flights in the area to the central Philippines.