Typhoon Pepito as of 10:00 p.m. on November 17, 2024. Handout/DOST-PAGASA

MANILA (UPDATED) -- Typhoon Pepito has weakened further as it left the Luzon landmass late Sunday, according to state weather bureau PAGASA. 

The typhoon, last sighted at 10 p.m., was estimated over the coastal waters of San Fernando, La Union. It still has maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h near the center, gustiness of up to 255 km/h, while moving west northwestward at 25 km/h. 

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 4 is up over:

• The southern portion of Ilocos Sur (Alilem, Sugpon, Suyo, Santa Cruz, Tagudin, City of Candon, Santa Lucia, Salcedo, Galimuyod, Cervantes, Sigay)
• La Union
• The northern portion of Pangasinan (Sison, Tayug, Binalonan, San Manuel, Asingan, San Quintin, Santa Maria, Natividad, San Nicolas, Balungao, Pozorrubio, Laoac, San Jacinto, San Fabian, Manaoag, City of Urdaneta, Rosales, Umingan, Mangaldan, Mapandan, Villasis, Santo Tomas, Dagupan City, Anda, Bolinao, Bani, City of Alaminos, Lingayen, Binmaley, Sual, Labrador)
• Benguet
• The southwestern portion of Ifugao (Tinoc, Asipulo), the western portion of Nueva Vizcaya (Bayombong, Ambaguio, Villaverde, Kayapa, Santa Fe, Aritao, Bambang, Solano), and the northern portion of Nueva Ecija (Lupao, Carranglan) 

The following areas, meanwhile, are under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3: 

• The rest of Ilocos Sur
• The rest of Pangasinan
• The southern portion of Abra (Tubo, Luba, Pilar, Villaviciosa, San Isidro, Pidigan, Langiden, San Quintin, Bangued, Manabo, Boliney, Peñarrubia, Bucloc, Sallapadan, Bucay), the southern portion of Kalinga (Pasil, Tanudan, Lubuagan, Tinglayan)
• Mountain Province
• The rest of Ifugao
• The southern portion of Isabela (Ramon, City of Santiago, Cordon, San Agustin, Jones, Echague, San Isidro, San Mateo, Alicia)
• Quirino
• The rest of Nueva Vizcaya
• The northern portion of Tarlac (Paniqui, La Paz, Moncada, City of Tarlac, Gerona, Pura, San Clemente, Santa Ignacia, Victoria, Camiling, Ramos, San Manuel, Anao)
• The central portion of Nueva Ecija (Talavera, Santo Domingo, Zaragoza, Guimba, Aliaga, Cabanatuan City, Quezon, Santa Rosa, Nampicuan, Licab, Palayan City, General Mamerto Natividad, Laur, San Jose City, Pantabangan, Science City of Muñoz, Rizal, Llanera, Bongabon, Talugtug, Cuyapo)
• The central portion of Aurora (Maria Aurora, Dipaculao, Baler, Dinalungan) 

Areas under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 are:

• Ilocos Norte
• The southern portion of Apayao (Conner, Kabugao), the rest of Abra, the rest of Kalinga, the southwestern portion of Cagayan (Enrile, Tuao, Solana, Tuguegarao City, Piat, Rizal)
• The western, central, and southern portions of Isabela (Santo Tomas, Aurora, Santa Maria, Quezon, San Mariano, Naguilian, Dinapigue, Roxas, San Guillermo, Luna, Delfin Albano, City of Cauayan, Ilagan City, Angadanan, Benito Soliven, Tumauini, Cabagan, Reina Mercedes, San Manuel, Cabatuan, Quirino, Gamu, Mallig, Burgos)
• The rest of Aurora, Zambales
• The rest of Tarlac
• The rest of Nueva Ecija
• Pampanga
• The northern portion of Bulacan (San Ildefonso, San Miguel, Doña Remedios Trinidad, San Rafael, Baliuag, Pulilan, Calumpit)

Under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 are: 

• The rest of mainland Cagayan
• The rest of Isabela
• The rest of Apayao
• Bataan
• The rest of Bulacan
• Metro Manila
• Rizal
• Cavite
• Laguna
• The northern portion of Quezon (Infanta, Lucban, Sampaloc, Dolores, General Nakar, Real, Mauban) including Polillo Islands
• The northern portion of Batangas (Calaca, Lian, Tuy, Balayan, Talisay, Agoncillo, Santo Tomas, Lemery, City of Tanauan, Mataasnakahoy, Balete, Nasugbu, San Nicolas, Laurel, Malvar) 

The track and intensity forecast of Typhoon Pepito as of 11:00 p.m. on November 17, 2024. Handout/DOST-PAGASA

Over the West Philippine Sea, Pepito will continue moving generally west northwestward on Monday. PAGASA said it may exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility Monday morning or noon. 

"It must be emphasized that heavy rainfall, severe winds, and storm surge may still be experienced in localities outside the landfall point and the forecast confidence cone," said PAGASA. 

More than 1.2 million people fled their homes ahead of Pepito including several thousand in Manila, as PAGASA warned of a "life-threatening" impact from the powerful storm, which follows an unusual streak of violent weather. 

Pepito uprooted trees, brought down power lines and smashed flimsy houses to pieces after making its first landfall late Saturday on lightly populated Catanduanes island in the typhoon-prone Bicol region.

No deaths have been reported, but there was "extensive" damage to structures on Catanduanes, civil defense chief Ariel Nepomuceno said. 

READ: Super Typhoon Pepito fells trees, power lines in the Philippines

Pepito is the sixth storm in the past month to batter the archipelago nation. At least 163 people died in the previous storms, which left thousands homeless and wiped out crops and livestock. 

About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the Southeast Asian nation or its surrounding waters each year, killing scores of people, but it is rare for multiple such weather events to take place in a small window. 

Pepito hit the Philippines late in the typhoon season -- most cyclones develop between July and October. 

This month, four storms were clustered simultaneously in the Pacific basin, which the Japan Meteorological Agency told AFP was the first time such an occurrence had been observed in November since its records began in 1951. -- with Agence France-Presse

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