Overview

• The storm strengthened to about 215 km/h sustained winds with gusts up to 265 km/h as heavy rain and gale-force winds reached northern Luzon and southern Taiwan.
• Philippine forecasters said landfall over the sparsely populated Babuyan Islands is expected around midday, with life‑threatening flooding, landslides and coastal storm surge risks exceeding 3 meters in exposed areas.
• President Ferdinand Marcos Jr placed the NDRRMC and national agencies on full alert, opened shelters, and supported pre-emptive evacuations, while schools and government offices closed across Metro Manila and 29 provinces.
• Taiwan’s weather bureau reported targeted evacuations in Hualien and mountainous areas near Pingtung, with sea warnings in effect as the system passes through the Luzon Strait.
• Outlooks from regional agencies and the JTWC track the cyclone west into the South China Sea with deteriorating conditions forecast for Hong Kong Tuesday–Wednesday and downstream risk to southern China later in the week.