Rolly weakens into a tropical storm as it moves over West Philippine Sea

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Rolly weakened into a tropical storm Sunday evening as it continued to move over the West Philippine Sea, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

As of 10 p.m., Tropical Storm Rolly was located 150 kilometers northwest of Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro or 90 kilometers west southwest of Sangley Point in Cavite.

It had maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center with a gustiness reaching up 105 kph.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No 2 was still raised over the following areas:

• the western portion of Cavite (Naic, Indang, Mendez, Tagaytay City, Amadeo, Ternate, Maragondon, General Emilio Aguinaldo, Magallanes, Alfonso)

• the western portion of Batangas (Tingloy, Bauan, Mabini, San Luis, Santa Teresita, Taal, San Nicolas, Agoncillo, Laurel, Talisay, Calaca, Lemery, Tuy, Balayan, Nasugbu, Lian, Calatagan)

• the northern portion of Occidental Mindoro (Abra de Ilog, Mamburao, Paluan) including Lubang Island

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 was still raised in the following areas:

• the central portion of Occidental Mindoro (Sablayan, Santa Cruz)

• the northern portion of Oriental Mindoro (Victoria, Naujan, Calapan City, Baco, San Teodoro, Puerto Galera),

• rest of Batangas

• Laguna

• the northern and western portion of Quezon (Sampaloc, Lucban, Sariaya, Lucena City, Tayabas City, Dolores, Candelaria, Tiaong, San Antonio, Real, General Nakar, Infanta)

• rest of Cavite

• Rizal

• Metro Manila

• Bulacan

• Pampanga

• Bataan

• the southern portion of Zambales (San Marcelino, San Felipe, San Narciso, San Antonio, Castillejos, Subic, Olongapo City)

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