PAGASA monitoring Typhoon Champi outside PAR

A tropical cyclone outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has intensified into a typhoon which was named Champi. PAGASA is monitoring this typhoon.

As of 2 a.m. Saturday, Champi was estimated to be located at 2,685 km east of Eastern Visayas, PAGASA said.

The typhoon was packing maximum winds of 140 km/h, with gustiness of up to 170 km/h.

Champi was moving west-northwest at 25 km/h. —KG, GMA News