LPA brings scattered rain until Saturday

Scattered rain and thunderstorms are expected in parts of the Philippines until Saturday due to a low pressure area (LPA) embedded along the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).

The LPA was last spotted 185 kilometers east northeast of Surigao City, with PAGASA warning of moderate to heavy rain that could trigger floods and landslides in Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, and Quezon.

PAGASA is monitoring a tropical storm outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) with sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour moving northwestward at 10 kph.

The weather bureau also noted that the LPA could develop into the Philippines' first tropical cyclone for 1982, named Agaton.