Philippines raises storm alert level as Matmo churns toward Taiwan


  • World
  • Tuesday, 22 Jul 2014

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines raised storm alert levels on Tuesday as Typhoon Matmo threatened to drench the extreme north of the main island of Luzon with heavy rain as it churned toward Taiwan and mainland China.

Packing sustained winds of 130 kph (80 mph) and gusts of up to 160 kph, Matmo was moving at 24 kph northwest towards central Taiwan.

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