Super Typhoon “Leon” (international name: Kong-rey) has been downgraded to a typhoon as it weakens while moving toward Taiwan, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in its 11 a.m. bulletin on Thursday, Oct. 31.
Leon now has maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour (kph) near its center and gusts reaching 215 kph.
It is moving northwestward at 25 kph and was located 155 kilometers north of Itbayat, Batanes as of 10 a.m.
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