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'Gorio' gains strength; cities suspend classes Thursday

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/07/26/gorio-animated.gif"/><figcaption> </figcaption></figure></div>(UPDATED) Tropical storm &quot;Gorio&quot; intensified further while moving over the Philippine Sea early Thursday, state weather bureau PAGASA said.At 5 a.m., Gorio was packing top sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center, and gusts of up to 105 kph, PAGASA meteorologist Samuel Duran told DZMM.The tropical storm was last spotted 500 km east of Casiguran, Aurora.Gorio is expected to intensify into a severe tropical storm within the next 24 to 36 hours, said Duran.&quot;Papalakas pa po kasi nasa karagatan pa po ito,&quot; he explained. The tropical storm will enhance the habagat or southwest monsoon, which will bring rains over Luzon and the Visayas.This may trigger floods and landslides in Metro Manila and the regions of Ilocos, Cordillera, Central Luzon, Calabarzon and the provinces of Mindoro and Palawan, PAGASA said in its 6 a.m. advisory.Visayas and the regions of Cagayan Valley, Bicol and the provinces of Marinduque and Romblon meanwhile will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms.Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains or thunderstorms will prevail over Mindanao.<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MLjdtG1k23I" width="560"></iframe></figure><div>CLASS SUSPENSIONS</div>Some local governments in Metro Manila and nearby areas have suspended classes Thursday because of heavy rains:<div>ALL LEVELS</div>Antipolo, Rizal Bataan Cainta, Rizal Caloocan City Cavite Guagua, Pampanga Las Piñas City Malabon City Mandaluyong City Manila City Marikina City Marilao, Bulacan Masantol, Pampanga Meycauayan, Bulacan Muntinlupa City Navotas City Olongapo City Parañaque City Pasay City Pateros Rodriguez, Rizal San Fernando, Pampanga San Juan City San Pedro, Laguna Sasmuan, Pampanga Sta. Maria, Bulacan Taytay, Rizal Zambales<div>PRE-SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL</div>Angono, Rizal Rodriguez, Rizal San Mateo, Rizal Taguig City Valenzuela<div>SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES</div>Angelicum College Arellano University Ateneo de Manila University (pre-school to senior high school) Centro Escolar University - Makati, Manila and Malolos Claret School of Quezon City De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde Don Honorio Ventura Technological University - Bacolor, Pampanga Far Eastern University - Diliman, Quezon City Imelda Operio&#x27;s Learning School (pre-school to senior high school) La Salle Greenhills High School Lyceum of the Philippines - Manila Manila Tytana Colleges Nest Classes, Teacher&#x27;s Village OB Montessori - Fairview, Greenhills, Las Piñas, Sta. Ana Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela Philippine College of Criminology Philippine School of Business Administration - Quezon City Polytechnic University of the Philippines - Metro Manila campuses) Poveda High School Saint Mary&#x27;s College School of the Holy Spirit St. John Technological College of the Philippines - Quezon City St. Theresa College - Quezon City Valenzuela City Polytechnic CollegeGorio is expected to leave the Philippine area of responsibility late Sunday if it continues moving north northwest at 13 kph, Duran said.No tropical cyclone warning signal has been raised so far.Visit the <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/weather" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Weather Center</a> for the latest weather updates.

(UPDATED) Tropical storm "Gorio" intensified further while moving over the Philippine Sea early Thursday, state weather bureau PAGASA said.

(UPDATED) Tropical storm "Gorio" intensified further while moving over the Philippine Sea early Thursday, state weather bureau PAGASA said.