PAGASA monitors 3 LPAs, one becomes TD; classes suspended

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is monitoring three low-pressure areas (LPAs), including one outside the Philippine area of responsibility which has now developed into a tropical depression.

LPA 07g, located east of Central Luzon, has a high potential to become a tropical depression within the next 4 hours and may move northward without making landfall in the country.

The newly formed tropical depression was last seen more than 2,080 kilometers east of southeastern Luzon with winds and gustiness of 45 to 55 kilometers per hour (kph) moving northwest at 15 kph.

A second LPA inside the PAR, located 225 kilometers east-southeast of Basco, Batanes, has developed into an LPA on Tuesday morning and has a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next 4 hours.

Local governments have suspended classes for Tuesday as a precautionary measure due to the ongoing weather conditions. Additionally, President Marcos has suspended preparations for his State of the Nation Address (SONA) due to severe flooding.