TROPICAL Cyclone Leon has intensified into a severe tropical storm, days after more than 100 people were killed by Kristine, the worst storm of the year, the state weather bureau said Monday.
Moving westward at 20 kilometers per hour (kph), Leon was estimated at 780 kilometers (km) east of Echague, Isabela, packing maximum sustained winds of 95 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 115 kph, the weather bureau said.