Severe Tropical Storm Paolo is forecast to dump more than 200 millimeters (mm) of rain in La Union and Benguet starting this Friday up to Saturday afternoon, according to the state weather bureau.
In its 5 p.m. heavy rainfall outlook, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the downpour that La Union and Benguet may experience would be intense to torrential rains.
The two provinces are among the seven Luzon areas placed under Signal No. 3, based on Pagasa’s 5 p.m. separate bulletin.
Meanwhile, heavy to intense rains, with 100 to 200 mm of rainfall, are expected over the following areas, which may also persist from this Friday until Saturday noon:
Ilocos Sur
Pangasinan
Mountain Province
Ifugao
Nueva Vizcaya
Zambales
Bataan
Moderate to heavy rains, which bring 50 to 100 mm of rainfall, are expected to persist in the following areas:
Ilocos Norte
Abra
Apayao
Kalinga
Cagayan
Isabela
Nueva Ecija
Tarlac
Quirino
Aurora
Paolo was last located over the coastal waters of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, packing a maximum sustained wind speed of 110 kilometers per hour (km/h) near the center and gusts of 165 km/h.