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Verbena outside PAR, Signal No. 1 over Kalayaan Islands
Severe Tropical Storm Verbena, currently outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, has intensified and is moving west northwestward.
As of Thursday morning, Verbena's center was located 240 kilometers north northeast of Pag-asa Island, Kalayaan, Palawan.
The storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour with gusts up to 135 km/h.
Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 has been raised over the Kalayaan Islands due to the storm's proximity.
PAGASA warns that strong to gale-force winds, enhanced by the Northeast Monsoon, will also affect several other areas in Luzon and Palawan, even those not directly under a wind signal.
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Severe Tropical Storm Verbena has intensified and is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
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Severe Tropical Storm Verbena has intensified with maximum sustained winds of 96 km/h and gustiness up to 115 km/h, and is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility early Thursday morning.
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Typhoon Verbena has weakened and is slowly moving west-southwest outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, according to PAGASA.
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Tropical Depression Verbena made its first landfall in Bayabas, Surigao del Sur, and later crossed into Agusan del Norte before making a second landfall in Jagna, Bohol.
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