MANILA, Philippines — "Rosal" has weakened into a typhoon in waters east of Batanes, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Signal No. 2 is up over Batanes and the northeastern part of the Babuyan Islands.
Signal No. 1 is up over: the rest of the Babuyan Islands; mainland Cagayan; the northeastern part of Isabela; Ilocos Norte; and Apayao.
In the tropical cyclone bulletin it issued at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Pagasa said that "Rosal" was about 350 kilometers east of Itbayat as of 4 p.m. and was moving northwestward at 15 kilometers per hour (km/h) with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h near the center and gustiness reaching 205 km/h.
