Strong winds to prevail over parts of Luzon as 'Huaning' exits Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 5:39 p.m.) — After just six hours, Tropical Storm Huaning (international name: Lupit) has left the Philippines' weather monitoring area, but will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon or habagat which will bring strong winds to portions of northern Luzon.
PAGASA said strong breeze to near gale winds with higher gusts are expected over Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Apaya and Abra.
The state weather bureau warned that habagat will bring rough to very rough seas (2.5 meters to 4.5 meters) over the nothern seaboard of northern Luzon and the western seaboards of northern and central Luzon, making sea travel risky for small vessels.
It forecast that Huaning, packing wings of up to 65 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of up to 80 kph, will generally move northeastward over the East China Sea towards the direction of Kyushu in southern Japan.
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