MANILA (Updated) -- Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Saturday between 1 to 2 p.m., state weather forecasters said.
As of 3 p.m. Saturday, Yolanda’s eye was located 722 kilometers (km) west of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. It intensified slightly and packed winds of 185 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 220 kph.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the strongest typhoon this year is forecast to move west northwest at 35 kph.
US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center said that Yolanda is expected to weaken further as it heads toward Vietnam.
Public warning signal elsewhere have been lowered.
Yolanda hit the land six times on Friday as it hopped from island to island of Visayas. It first made landfall at 4:40 a.m. over Guiuan, Samar and last at Busuanga in Palawan later that day.
“Sea travel is risky over the seaboards of Luzon and the Eastern and Western seaboards of Visayas,” it said.
"The rest of Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms," Pagasa said.
The state weather bureau also issued a gale warning at 11 a.m.
It said, "Strong to gale force winds is expected to affect the seaboards of Luzon and the Eastern and Western seaboard of Visayas."
Meanwhile, weather forecaster Jori Loiz said that Pagasa is still expecting at least five cyclones to enter PAR until December. During the months of November and December, all of which are forecast to make landfall. (Sunnex)