Tropical depression forms outside PAR – Pagasa

MANILA, Philippines — The low-pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) developed into a tropical cyclone on Monday morning, the state weather bureau reported.

In its latest update, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the LPA intensified into a tropical depression at around 8 a.m.

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It was last spotted 1,275 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas, outside the PAR.

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The tropical depression has maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) and gusts of up to 70 kph, moving west-northwestward at 30 kph.

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Pagasa earlier noted that the cyclone has a low chance of entering the PAR. /mcm

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