Dante intensified into a tropical storm, PAGASA says
'Dante, formerly (LPA 07g) inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), has developed into a Tropical Storm,' PAGASA said in an update.
As of 8 a.m., Dante was located 880 kilometers east of Extreme Northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of 80 kph.
The tropical storm was moving north northwest at 15 kph.
Meanwhile, PAGASA said the LPA located 105 km northwest of Northern Luzon is now Tropical Depression Emong.
Emong has maximum sustained winds of 45 kph and gustiness of 55 kph and was moving west southwest at 35 kph.
Meanwhile, the LPA located 2,340 km east of Eastern Visayas has a high chance of becoming a tropical depression within the next 4 hours. —KG, GMA Integrated News
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