WeatherAlert: Floods and landslides are still expected in the western portion of Luzon due to rain from the southwest monsoon, which is being enhanced by Typhoon Falcon (Khanun). FalconPH HabagatPH
MANILA, Philippines – Falcon intensified from a severe tropical storm into a typhoon over the Philippine Sea on Sunday evening, July 30, as it continued to enhance the southwest monsoon orFalcon’s maximum sustained winds jumped from 110 kilometers per hour to 140 km/h, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration in its 11 pm bulletin on Sunday.The typhoon was located 1,090 kilometers east of extreme Northern Luzon on Sunday evening, still far from land.
Once it leaves PAR, the typhoon may pass very close to Japan’s Okinawa Islands while gradually slowing down. Landfall there is also not being ruled out. For the enhanced southwest monsoon, below is PAGASA’s updated rainfall forecast. Floods and landslides are still expected in the western portion of Luzon.100-200 millimeters : Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro
Meanwhile, tropical cyclone wind signals remain unlikely to be raised due to Falcon.
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