While the Philippines will escape Tropical Storm Chan-hom, which will eventually make a run at super typhoon status, the same cannot be said for Tropical Storm Linfa.
Tropical Storm Linfa formed early Friday morning local time in the southern Philippine Sea and remains on track to target Luzon Island of the Philippines with heavy rain this weekend.
Linfa will move into northern Luzon later this weekend as a strong tropical storm, but impacts to the inland will start sooner. Outer bands of heavy rain will reach Luzon's northeastern coast on Saturday before spreading westward through Sunday. Drenching rain will persist in northwestern Luzon on Monday.
"The biggest threat is flooding," stated AccuWeather Meteorologist Rob Richards. "Rainfall amounts will generally be on the order of 75 to 150 mm (3 to 6 inches)."
There will be locally higher amounts with some communities being inundated with 300 mm (12 inches).
