THE state-run weather agency on Friday said the tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has developed into a tropical storm called 'Khanun.' READ:
In a 5 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Khanun was estimated at 1,315 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas.Packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 80kph, it is moving west-southwestward at 15kph, Pagasa said.Based on its forecast track, the tropical cyclone may enter PAR between late Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
It will be the sixth storm to hit the country this year and the third this month, it added.Likely to continuously intensify within the next five days, it may further escalate into a typhoon late Saturday evening or early Sunday morning.'However, the hoisting of storm signals over any portion of the country due to this tropical cyclone is unlikely,' Pagasa said.
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