Now a tropical storm, the system was named Molave by the JMA.[5][6][7] The next day, PAGASA upgraded the system into a severe tropical storm as it tracked closer to the Bicol Region.[8] Later that day, the PAGASA then upgraded Molave into a typhoon as it headed for Albay and Camarines Sur, prompting the raising of Signal #3 tropical cyclone warnings for both and adjacent provinces.[9] Moments later, the JMA also upgraded the system to a typhoon and the JTWC followed a few hours later.[10][11] At 18:10 PHT (10:10 UTC), Molave made its first landfall on the San Miguel Island in Albay, with another in Malinao just 40 minutes later, followed by San Andres at 22:30 PHT (15:30 UTC), Torrijos at 01:20 PHT (17:20 UTC) and Pola at 3:30 PHT (19:30 UTC).[12] Molave emerged over the South China Sea on October 26, continuing to gradually intensify as it drifted away from the Philippines.