“Queenie,” internationally known as “Kong-rey,” has intensified into a supertyphoon, according to a warning issued at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, a US Department of Defense agency. It is not, however, expected to make landfall in the Philippines, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services (Pagasa). It had maximum sustained winds of 200 kph near the center, with a gustiness reaching up to 245 kph. The northern and eastern seaboards of Luzon will have rough to very rough seas, making sea travel in those areas risky. The typhoon is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Friday morning.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 02, 2018 15:11 UTC