TROPICAL STORM Liwayway (international name: Lingling) has strengthened with maximum sustained winds of up to 65 kilometers per hour (km/h) near the center and gustiness of up to 80 km/h as of Monday morning, according to weather bureau PAGASA. Forecast indicates the storm will not make landfall in the country as it moves in a northwest direction. The trough of Liwayway is expected to bring scattered light to moderate rains with at times heavy rainshowers in the Bicol Region, Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, and Batanes. Storm signal #1 has been raised over Batanes as of Monday afternoon. The southwest monsoon will also bring rains over Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, Palawan and Western Visayas. Liwayway is seen exiting the Philippine area by Wednesday or Thursday.

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