Tropical Storm Jangmi has maintained its strength while moving northward outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau PAGASA said on Thursday.

The tropical depression outside the Philippine area of responsibility has intensified into a tropical storm, state weather bureau PAGASA said Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Jangmi is 1,300 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao as of Wednesday morning, May 27, inching toward the Philippine Area of Responsibility