Weaker Julian now a typhoon, threatens Taiwan

ABS-CBN News

David Dizon

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1727827629669weather.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><p>Julian has weakened into a typhoon and continues to move slowly towards Taiwan Wednesday, weather bureau PAGASA said.</p><div id="isPasted" style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5, 5, 5);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p>As of 4 a.m., the center of the eye of Typhoon Julian was estimated based on all available data at 280 km West Northwest of Itbayat, Batanes outside the Philippine area of responsibility. </p></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5, 5, 5);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">Packing 165 kph winds and gusts of up to 205 kph, Julian is <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(5, 5, 5);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">forecast to turn northeastward towards the southwestern coast of Taiwan, where it is expected to make landfall Wednesday night or Thursday morning. After landfall, Julian is forecast to move erratically over the landmass and coastal waters of Taiwan before emerging over the Taiwan Strait on Friday evening or Saturday early morning.</span></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m9zcgswdGjI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 1 remains in effect over the following areas:</div></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5, 5, 5);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start"><strong>Batanes,<br/>Babuyan Islands,<br/>Northern and western portions of Ilocos Norte (Pasuquin, Sarrat, Paoay, Bangui, Vintar, Burgos, Pagudpud, Bacarra, Currimao, Adams, Pinili, San Nicolas, Dumalneg, Laoag City, Badoc, City of Batac),<br/>Northwestern portion of mainland Cagayan (Santa Praxedes, Sanchez-Mira, Claveria)</strong></div></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(5, 5, 5);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div dir="auto" style="text-align:start">A gale warning is hoisted over the northern seaboard of Northern Luzon. </div></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4r0pIu00jtQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Julian has weakened into a typhoon and continues to move slowly towards Taiwan Wednesday, weather bureau PAGASA said.</p>

Julian has weakened into a typhoon and continues to move slowly towards Taiwan Wednesday, weather bureau PAGASA said.