PAGASA monitors Typhoon Shanshan, no impact on PH

PAGASA is monitoring Typhoon Shanshan, which remains outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility and is located about 1,980 kilometers east of extreme Northern Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 120 kph and gustiness up to 150 kph.

The typhoon is forecasted to move northward at 30 km/h and will not affect any part of the Philippines, according to PAGASA's latest update on Saturday afternoon.

Locally, MIMAROPA, Western Visayas, Negros Island Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, SOCCSKSARGEN, and BARMM will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat), while localized thunderstorms may cause partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms over the rest of the country.

Light to moderate winds with slight to moderate coastal waters are forecasted all over the Philippines.