Tropical Storm Katring (international name Chaba) has intensified into a typhoon Tuesday morning but state weather forecasters said it remained too far to affect any part of the country.

In its 11 a.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Katring continued to move north northwest direction, packing maximum winds of 120 kilometers per hour with gustiness of up to 150 kph.

PAGASA said Katring was located 700 km east southeast of extreme northern Luzon as of 10 a.m.

The weather bureau said Katring was is expected to be 670 km northeast of extreme Northern Luzon Thursday morning, and 910 km northeast of extreme Northern Luzon Friday morning.

PAGASA did not raise any storm signals as Katring is still too far to affect any part of the country. — RSJ, GMANews.TV