Philippine National Weather Service: Super Typhoon "Qiangpi" approaches the area of responsibility

China News Service, Manila, October 18 (Reporter Zhou Jing) The National Weather Service of the Philippines stated on the 18th that the intensity of super typhoon "Champi" has maintained and is approaching the Philippine area of ​​responsibility and is expected to enter the area on the 20th.

The tropical cyclone advisory issued by the Philippine National Weather Service at 11 o'clock that day showed that the center of "Qiangpi" is located about 2,090 kilometers east of southeastern Luzon Island. The maximum sustained wind speed near the center is 185 kilometers per hour, with gusts up to 230 kilometers per hour, and it is moving westward at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour.

The meteorological department predicts that "Qiangpi" will still maintain super typhoon intensity when it enters the Philippines' area of ​​responsibility, and may gradually weaken after reaching its peak intensity. The possibility of the typhoon making direct landfall in the Philippines is low, but its huge wind field may affect parts of Northern Luzon and the Bicol region.

The meteorological department stated that wind warning signals may be issued in parts of the northern and eastern parts of Northern Luzon and parts of the Bicol region as early as the evening of the 19th or the morning of the 20th. It is expected that from the 22nd to the 23rd, the Batanes and Babuyan Islands will experience strong winds and heavy to heavy rains, and the wind force may reach a level equivalent to the No. 3 or No. 4 wind warning signal. The typhoon is expected to leave the Philippine area of ​​responsibility on the 24th.