'Mawar' weakens slightly as it nears PH – Pagasa

SUPER typhoon ""Mawar (local name Betty) slightly weakened as it continued to approach the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau reported late Friday night.

As of 10 p.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the center of the eye of Mawar was estimated at 1,475 kilometers east of Central Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 250 kph as it moved west northwestward at 25 kph.