TYPHOON 'Paeng' (international name: Trami) continues to weaken as it moves northwest, heading out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state-run weather bureau said on Friday.

The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), said the typhoon was last spotted 695 kilometers (km) east of Basco Batanes, packing maximum winds of up to 160 kilometers per hour (kph), and gustiness of up to 195 kph.