Super typhoon Maysak to weaken as it enters PAR

Parts of the eastern seaboard of the Philippines can expect a wet Holy Week this week as tropical cyclone Maysak approaches the country. Mayas was upgraded to a super typhoon on Tuesday, March 31 by the United States Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) and is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and be renamed “Chedeng” by Wednesday evening (April 1) or Thursday Morning (April 2). State weather bureau PAGASA and other forecasting institutions estimate that Maysak will weaken as it enters the PAR. Maysak has damaged homes in the island of Chuuk, part of the Federated States of Micronesia.

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