MANILA - Tropical storm Feria (international codename Nangka) maintained its strength Wednesday morning as it continued to move closer to the Batangas-Mindoro area.

As of 10 a.m., the storm's center was sighted 60 kilometers east of Calapan City.

Packing 75 kph winds and gusts of up to 90 kph, the storm is forecast to reach 70 kilometers west of Iba, zambales by Thursday morning.

Weather bureau PAGASA has hoisted Storm Signal No. 2 in the following areas:

Marinduque
Romblon
Southern Quezon
Mindoro Provinces
Lubang Is.
Batangas
Laguna
Cavite
Bataan
Rizal
Metro Manila

Storm Signal No. 1 remains in effect in the following areas:

Calamian Group
Cuyo Is.
Masbate
Ticao Is.
Burias Is.
Sorsogon
Albay
Camarines Provinces
Rest of Quezon
Polillo Is.
Bulacan
Nueva Ecija
Tarlac
Pampanga
Zambales
Pangasinan
Aklan
Iloilo
Antique

PAGASA alerted residents living in-low lying, mountainous, and coastal areas under storm warning signals # 2 and #1 against possible flashfloods, landslides and storm surges.