Super typhoon Saola weakens briefly over Philippine sea

A man braves heavy showers and winds while inspecting his corn farm as Typhoon Saola brushes past Ilagan City, Isabela Province, north of Manila on Aug 27, 2023. - AFP

MANILA (Bloomberg): Super typhoon ‘Saola’ briefly weakened into a typhoon over the Philippine Sea, with the Southeast Asian nation’s weather bureau expecting it to make landfall Wednesday (Aug 30) before heading to southern Taiwan.

Saola may weaken further in the next 12 hours "due to upwelling of cooler ocean waters and onset of dry air intrusion before re-intensifying as it turns northwestward,” the Philippine weather bureau, known as Pagasa, said in an advisory Monday.