Typhoon "Pedring" has weakened after making landfall over the northern part of Luzon and is expected to be out of the country by Wednesday noon, state weather bureau PAGASA said.In its latest weather bulletin at 10 a.m., PAGASA said Pedring was spotted 100 kilometers (km) east of Baguio City. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 120 km per hour near the center, with gustiness of up to 150 kph.
The typhoon, which had a diameter of 650 km, was moving west northwest at 19 kph and bringing rainfall of between 15 millimeters and 25 mm per hour.
"Typhoon Pedring has weakened as it crossed the rugged terrain of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range," PAGASA said.
It projected Pedring to be in the vicinity of Atok, Benguet by 2 p.m. today and along the western coast of La Union by 4 p.m. It said the typhoon would exit the Philippine area of responsibility by noon Wednesday.
Public storm signal no. 3 remained hoisted over Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Benguet, La Union, Nueva Viscaya, and Pangasinan.
Signal no. 2 was raised over Apayao, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan, Bataan and Metro Manila.
Among the areas under storm signal no. 1 were Babuyan, Calayan group of Islands, Northern Quezon, Polillo Island, Rizal, Laguna, Batangas, Lubang Island and Cavite.
