Super Typhoon “Pepito” (international name: Man-yi) has significantly weakened and was downgraded to a typhoon as it continues its west-northwestward movement across Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday evening, Nov. 17.
In its 8 p.m. bulletin, PAGASA said Pepito now has maximum sustained winds of 165 kilometers per hour (kph) near its center and gusts reaching 275 kph. Previously, it had maximum sustained winds of 185 kph and gusts up to 305 kph.
The center of the typhoon was located over Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya at around 7 p.m. Pepito is expected to continue its current track and exit the Luzon landmass via Pangasinan, La Union, or southern Ilocos Sur by late Sunday or early Monday, Nov. 18.
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