(UPDATE) Typhoon ‘Frank’ weakens
Source: Inquirer.net (Original Article)
Threatens Metro other parts of Luzon
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon “Frank” (international codename: Fengsheng) weakened slightly, and changed its track further northwest towards Manila Bay, the chief of the state weather bureau said late Saturday evening.
While the storm was unlikely to directly hit Metro Manila, public storm signal number 3 was nonetheless raised in the capital, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) director Pricso Nilo said in a phone interview.
The storm would hit the mouth of Manila Bay, some 50 to 100 kilometers away from the mainland, or the Bondoc Peninsula, before dawn Sunday, before exiting through Zambales province in eastern Central Luzon, Nilo said.
The weakening of a high pressure area near Taiwan caused “Frank” to change course, Nilo said.
At 10 p.m., the eye of the storm, which packs maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour near the center, was located 70 kilometers southeast of Calapan City.
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