From being a ‘typhoon’, Paolo has weakened and is now under the category of ‘severe tropical storm’ while traversing Mountain Province, according to the state weather bureau.
In its latest update released around 3:45 p.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that as of 2 p.m., Paolo was last located in the vicinity of Tadian, Mountain Province.
It is packing a maximum sustained wind speed of 110 kilometers per hour (km/h) near the center and gusts of 165 km/h.
The severe tropical storm is moving west-northwestward at 35 km/h.
Pagasa advised the public to monitor its 5 p.m. bulletin for further details on severe tropical storm Paolo, including the updated tropical cyclone wind signal and the forecast track of the cyclone.