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Lupit' now a typhoon, enters RP
MANILA - Tropical storm Ramil (international codename Lupit) has intensified into a typhoon and is now in the Philippine area of responsibility, state weather forecasters said Friday.
As of 10 p.m, the storm was sighted 880 kilometers east of Virac, Catanduanes and is moving in the general direction of Northern and Central Luzon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.
Packing 120 kph winds near the center and gusts of up to 150 kph, the weather disturbance is not expected to affect any part of the country within the next 36 hours.
PAGASA said Luzon will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms while the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.