Mangkhut will bring flooding rainfall and damaging winds from the Philippines and Taiwan to China into early next week.
Mangkhut, also known as Ompong in the Philippines, continues to approach the country after it reached super typhoon status Tuesday evening, local time.
Peak intensity was reached briefly on Wednesday evening when Super Typhoon Mangkhut became the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific. - ACCUWEATHER
Should Mangkhut remain on its current track, the worst of the impacts will be felt across northern Luzon and the Batanes and Babuyan Islands in the Philippines.
Residents in northern coastal and island villages in the Cagayan province of the Philippines will be evacuated on Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
There is the potential for the powerful typhoon to make landfall on the northern tip of Luzon.
Widespread wind damage and flooding is expected across these areas. Rainfall amounts of 150-250 mm (6-10 inches) are possible across northern Luzon, which would lead to life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
If Mangkhut makes landfall, a significant storm surge will push onshore to the north and east of the center of the storm.
