MANILA, Philippines — "Julian" has intensified into a super typhoon but the storm signals had been lifted in affected areas in extreme Northern Luzon, the state-run weather agency said on Tuesday. Estimated some 205 kilometers (kms) west of Itbayat,

Cyclone 'Julian' may still evolve into a super typhoon even as PAGASA lifted wind Signal No. 4 in Batanes and other affected islands.

Julian, which remains a tropical depression as of Friday evening, September 27, might make landfall in Batanes by Monday, September 30, as a typhoon

Devastating winds and rains brought by Typhoon Julian battered Batanes as tropical cyclone wind signal No. 4 was hoisted in the province. Julian (international name Krathon) was forecast to intensify into a super typhoon last night,

TYPHOON Julian (international name: Krathon) pounded the Batanes islands near Taiwan on Monday, before moving away toward the northwestern boundary of the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), the state-run weather agency said Monday.

No. 4 is still hoisted over Batanes as Typhoon Julian may reach super typhoon category this evening, PAGASA said late Monday afternoon. “The peak of devastating typhoon-force winds will be felt over under Wind Signal No.

THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) placed Batanes and the northern portion of Babuyan Islands (Babuyan Island, Calayan Island) under Signal No. 4 as Typhoon Julian whipped extreme northern Luzon.