PAGASA: ‘Betty’ weakens into a typhoon
  • 11 months ago
Cyclone Betty (international name: Mawar) has weakened into a typhoon while traversing the Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Saturday evening, May 27.

Sustaining maximum winds of 175 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 215 kph, Betty was last seen 895 km east of Central Luzon or 935 km east of Northern Luzon. The state weather bureau, in its latest bulletin, said the typhoon is expected to gradually decelerate within 72 hours and “become slow-moving to almost stationary” by Tuesday, May 30, while in the waters east of Batanes.

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