Heavy rain, flooding, landslides and gale-force winds are expected in northern Luzon on Sunday or Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LUZON - Typhoon Mawar was moving west over the Pacific Ocean toward the Philippines on Sunday, days after the tropical cycloneAs of Sunday morning in the Philippines, Mawar’s center was about 800km east of Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island, the Philippine meteorological agency said.
The storm was moving west at 22 km per hour with maximum sustained winds of 225 kmh, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, a weather agency operated by the United States Navy.Forecasters said the storm would most likely stay north of the Philippines and start to weaken early this next week.
As Mawar continues to head north, then northeast, the impact on Taiwan, China and South Korea could be minimal. Depending on the timing of other weather systems in the area, the storm could instead track farther west toward Taiwan or northwest toward Japan.
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