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MANILA – Typhoon Julian re-entered the Philippine area of responsibility on Thursday, days after it slammed into northern Luzon, the state weather bureau said. 

Julian (international name: Krathon) was located 245 kilometers northwest of Itbayat, Batanes at 10 a.m. It was packing winds of 120 kilometers per hour with up to 165 kph gusts, PAGASA said. 

It said only Batanes remained affected by the typhoon, where Wind Signal No. 1 was up over Itbayat.

Moving east northeastward slowly, Julian will rapidly weaken into a low pressure area in 36 hours, PAGASA said.

The typhoon is also stirring heavy rains in Taiwan, where it would make landfall later in the day, PAGASA weather specialist Benison Estareja said.  

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Julian earlier this week cut power and communications and damaged "many" houses in Batanes, according to a local mayor.

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The Philippines' National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said on Wednesday  eight people had been injured and one was missing due to Julian.

It said 5,431 people were displaced in the northern part of the Philippines, mostly from the regions of Ilocos and Cagayan Valley.

Meanwhile, Davao Region, Soccsksargen, and Caraga will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms on Thursday due to easterlies or the warm winds from the Pacific, PAGASA said.  

Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. 

Typhoons are common around the region at this time of year.

However, a recent study showed that they are increasingly  forming closer to coastlines,  intensifying more rapidly and lasting longer over land due to climate change.

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– With report from Agence-France Presse; Ariel Rojas, ABS-CBN News