Although the storm is expected to grow weaker as it approaches land, the government weather station said it was still packing typhoon-intensity winds of 150 kilometres (93 miles) per hour with gusts of 185 kilometres (115 miles) per hour.
“We don’t want our public to have a false sense of security. It is still packing strong winds,” the head of the civil defence office, Alexander Pama said.
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