DESPITE being a super typhoon, "Mawar" (international name), which will be renamed "Betty" once inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), remains unlikely to make landfall but may trigger the southwest monsoon or "habagat."

Weather specialist Obet Badrina of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Wednesday that the super typhoon is forecast to enter PAR on Saturday.

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