Typhoon ‘Florita’ intensifies, traverses up northwest

MT Satellite image July 7, 2014, 6:01 a.m. Screengrab from https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph

MANILA, Philippines – It would be a rainy Monday for the country as Typhoon “Florita” intensified and continued to travel northwest, the weather bureau said.

In its weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the eye of Typhoon “Florita” was at 670 kilometers east northeast of Appari, Cagayan with maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour and gusts of 220 kph.

“Florita” is expected to move northwest at a speed of 24 kph.

Metro Manila, Western Visayas, Mimaropa, and the provinces of Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna and Batangas would have Monsoon Rains with Visayas and the rest of Luzon would experience the occasional drizzle.

Mindanao would be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.