Tropical Storm Trami entered the eastern part of the East Sea on Thursday afternoon, packing maximum winds of 88 km per hour.

A tropical depression near the eastern Philippines is predicted to intensify into a storm, potentially moving into the East Sea by October 25, with wind speeds reaching level 12.

Tropical Storm Trami made landfall in the northeastern portion of the Philippines' main Luzon island early on Thursday, forcing schools and government offices to shut for a second straight day as disaster agencies brace for more rains and floods.

Tropical Storm Trami has killed at least 26 people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes in the Philippines, officials said on Thursday, as it made landfall on the northeastern coast. Trami,

MANILA >> Tropical Storm Trami has killed at least 26 people and forced more than 150,000 to flee their homes in the Philippines, officials said on Thursday, as it made landfall on the northeastern coast.

At least seven deaths were reported in the Philippines by October 23 as over 30,000 people left their homes, with the powerful Tropical Storm Trami approaching landfall and bringing torrential rain.Footage released by the Coast Guard in the Bicol district shows the evacuation of 21 people in deep floodwater.

With maximum sustained winds of 95 kph (59 mph), the storm was moving westward across the mountainous northern region of Cordillera towards the South China Sea, the state weather agency said in its 11 a.