MANILA, Oct. 3 -- Tropical cyclone Paolo has weakened into a severe tropical storm, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced in its 5 p.m. bulletin on Friday.

Paolo was last spotted over the coastal waters of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, moving west northwestward at 35 kilometers per hour.

Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 3 where storm-force winds will prevail, was hoisted over Ilocos Sur, La Union, the southwestern portion of Abra (Boliney, Sallapadan, Bucloc, Tayum, Bangued, Langiden, Pidigan, San Quintin, Pilar, Luba, Manabo, Villaviciosa, San Isidro, Penarrubia, Bucay, Tubo), the western portion of Kalinga (Tinglayan, Pasil), the western portion of Mountain Province (Besao, Tadian, Sa...