The storm forecast bulletin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that at 7:00 a.m. on September 30, the center of Typhoon Julian was at about 19.9 degrees north latitude, 122.2 degrees east longitude, in the coastal waters of Balintang, Calayan, Cagayan.
Maximum winds near the center of the storm are 175 km/h (level 15), gusting up to 215 km/h (level 17, super typhoon level) and the central pressure is 940 hPa.
In the next 24 hours, the storm will move west-northwest at a speed of 10 km/h. Strong winds extended out to 560km from the center of the storm.
PAGASA has issued Typhoon Wind Signal No. 4 (the highest level), warning of winds of 118 to 184 km/h, seriously threatening the lives and property of the northern Babuyan and Calayan Islands.
Typhoon wind signal No. 3 (89 to 117 km/h) is also issued for the rest of the Babuyan Islands and the northeastern part of mainland Cagayan (Santa Ana).
In the next 24 hours, the sea will be very rough with waves up to 14m high on the Batanes coast; 10m on the Babuyan Islands coast; 6m on the northern coast of Ilocos Norte; 5m on the northern coast of mainland Cagayan and the rest of the Ilocos Norte; maximum 4m on the remaining coast of Cagayan and the Ilocos Sur coast.
PAGASA said Julian could strengthen into a super typhoon on October 1.
Julian will then turn mainly northeast towards Taiwan (China) on October 2 and begin to weaken due to the rugged terrain there.
On September 30, Taiwan (China) issued a land warning ahead of Typhoon Krathon making landfall on the island's populous west coast, bringing showers and strong winds.
Taiwan (China) is regularly hit by typhoons, but typhoons often make landfall along the east coast with many mountains and a few people heading towards the Pacific Ocean.
The China Meteorological Administration (CWA) forecasts that Typhoon Krathon is expected to make landfall in the port city of Kaohsiung early on October 2, then move across the downstream of Taiwan (China) and out into the Pacific Ocean.
According to Tropical Storm Risk, the storm is expected to intensify into a super typhoon with winds of more than 220 km/h. "The impact is getting bigger and bigger," Gene Huang, a weather forecaster at the CWA, pointed to the threats to southwestern Taiwan, adding that it is "rarely" for such a strong typhoon to directly hit the island's western plains.
Taiwanese authorities said more than 1,000 rubber boats and 2,200 soldiers were on standby across the island, including the east coast, where up to 1,300mm of rain is expected in the coming days.
Trains to remote islands have been cancelled and some domestic flights have been disrupted.
In July, Typhoon Gaemi killed at least 11 people in Taiwan.
