Severe storm Doksuri strengthens as Philippines battens down; schools to be closed

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr announced that public school classes in Metro Manila will be suspended on Monday. - PHOTO: REUTERS

MANILA (Bloomberg): Doksuri, which has intensified into a severe tropical storm, may strengthen to a typhoon in the coming days, prompting the Philippines to scale back activity in the capital on Monday before it’s forecast to head toward China.

Doksuri, called Egay in the Philippines, is moving westward at 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) an hour, with maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers an hour and gusts of up to 115 kilometers an hour, the state forecaster Pagasa said.