“QUIEL” (international name: Nakri) has gained strength and has intensified into a tropical storm as of late Tuesday evening, the state-run weather bureau said.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) last spotted the tropical depression at 445 kilometers west-southwest of Subic, Zambales. It packed maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It was moving east-southeast at 10 kph.