A landfall in Batanes is also not ruled out,” said Pagasa ... northwest to northeast over the Taiwan Strait towards the East ...

It will "likely be at or near super typhoon intensity during its closest point of approach to Batanes," PAGASA added. Leon was observed at 395 km east of Calayan, Cagayan with a maximum sustained ...

Only 6 percent of entire land area is comprised of flat lands. The entire Batanes archipelago boasts of nine volcanoes, of which two are considered active or have shown signs of having erupted in the ...