Josie, now a Super Typhoon, slips in and out of PAR

MANILA, Philippines --- Tropical cyclone Josie has now been categorized as a super typhoon after intensifying over sea, as it entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) and went out shortly after, state meteorologists said on Friday midnight. Weather updates from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) showed that Super Typhoon Josie entered the PAR at 5:40 p.m. of Friday afternoon, and then exited at around 10:00 p.m. as a super typhoon. As of Pagasa's midnight update, Josie was last seen 1,375 kilometers east northeast of extreme northern Luzon, moving northwest at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour (kph) It now has...

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