Saola Strengthens to Super Typhoon Before Turning to Taiwan

Typhoon Saola intensified into a super typhoon northeast of the Philippines and will likely remain in that category until landfall in Taiwan, the Philippine national weather bureau said.

Saola isn’t expected to make a Philippine landfall, but is forecast to veer to the northwest and hit the southern Taiwan coastline on Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning, the bureau known as Pagasa said in a Sunday evening advisory.