Signal No. 3 is raised for the northeastern part of Babuyan Islands early Tuesday, August 29, given the latest track and intensity forecast for Typhoon Goring (Saola)
MANILA, Philippines – Typhoon Goring was heading for the Luzon Strait in the early hours of Tuesday, August 29, while maintaining its strength and continuing to enhance the southwest monsoon orThe Luzon Strait is between Luzon and Taiwan, which is also within the Philippine Area of Responsibility .
The typhoon continues to have maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h and gustiness of up to 190 km/h. At its peak, Goring was aThe Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration said in a briefing past 5 am that Goring may follow a mainly northwest or west northwest path across the Luzon Strait from Tuesday until it leaves PAR on Wednesday evening, August 30, or Thursday morning, August 31.
Also during that time, Goring may re-intensify and possibly “peak at near-super typhoon strength by the time it passes very close [to] or over Batanes.” But the weather bureau is not ruling out a return to super typhoon status for Goring.
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