Metro Manila, Philippines – The tropical cyclone outside the country regains strength as a super typhoon, state weather bureau PAGASA said on Monday, Oct. 19.
The super typhoon, with international name Champi, has re-intensified, with maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (km/h) and gusts of up to 230 km/h, just off the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
In its 5 p.m. tropical cyclone advisory, PAGASA said Champi was1,515 kilometers east of southeastern Luzon as of 4 p.m., moving west-northwestward at 15 km/h.
Champi is expected to enter PAR on Tuesday morning or early afternoon, when it will be given the local name Rosal.
PAGASA said the super typhoon is forecast to maintain its strength and may even strengthen further moving over the Philippine Sea.
It is seen to gradually weaken by Thursday.
PAGASA said tropical cyclone wind signals may be raised over the northern and eastern portions of northern Luzon and parts of the Bicol Region as early as Monday evening or Tuesday morning.
It said the highest possible wind signal is number 3.
Gusty conditions are also expected over most parts of Luzon and the Visayas, as well as portions of Mindanao, beginning Wednesday.
The weather bureau also said extreme northern Luzon may encounter heavy rains.
