Tropical storm Khanun maintains its strength and is approaching the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), PAGASA reported.
In the Tropical Cyclone Advisory posted at 11 p.m. Friday, the bureau said Khanun was estimated at 1,245 kilometers east northeast of Southeastern Luzon or 1,445 km east of Central Luzon outside PAR.
The storm is moving north northwestward at the speed of 20 km/h with strong to gale-force winds extend outwards up to 650 km from the center.Tropical Storm Khanun is forecast to enter the PAR in the next 12 hours. Once inside the PAR, the domestic name Falcon will be assigned to this tropical cyclone.
Khanun is forecast to turn west northwestward, pass close to the Okinawa Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago and move over the East China Sea before making a landfall over the east coast of China on Wednesday. Severe Tropical Storm Egay weakens over mainland China and its influence on the Southwest Monsoon or habagat is expected to further decrease.
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