KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an advisory on Typhoon Mekkhala, which was detected about 1,616 kilometres (km) northeast of Kudat, Sabah.
In a statement today, MetMalaysia’s National Weather and Geophysics Operations Centre said the typhoon was located about 460 km northeast of Luzon, the Philippines.
Based on observations at 5 pm today, the typhoon is moving northwest at a speed of 10 km/h and may reach a maximum wind speed of up to 185 km/h.
“There is no significant impact on Malaysia,” it said.
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