Tropical Storm Paolo to make landfall Friday, bringing heavy rains

Tropical Storm Paolo is forecast to make landfall in the Isabela-Aurora area on Friday morning, October 3.

As of Thursday afternoon, the storm was located 480 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon, with maximum sustained winds of 85 kph and gusts up to 105 kph.

Paolo is expected to bring over 200 millimeters of rain in Isabela, Quirino, and Aurora from Thursday evening to Friday afternoon.

Tropical Cyclone Signal no. 2 has been hoisted over southern mainland Cagayan, Isabela, northern Quirino, northern Nueva Vizcaya, southern Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, northern Benguet, central and southern Ilocos Sur, and northern Aurora.

Signal no. 1 is raised in several other areas across Luzon and parts of the Visayas.

PAGASA has not ruled out the possibility of Paolo intensifying into a typhoon before landfall.

The tropical storm is expected to leave the Philippine area of responsibility by Saturday.

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