A LOW pressure area (LPA) located 1,710 kilometers east of Mindanao as of Tuesday morning could possibly enter the Philippine area today, Dec. 20, according to weather bureau PAGASA. This LPA was earlier forecasted to likely develop into a storm, but has since weakened. Meanwhile, tropical storm Urduja (international name: Kai-Tak) exited the country yesterday, leaving at least 40 people dead and a still undetermined number of missing with the count up to at least 45, based on the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s report yesterday. The Department of Social Welfare and Development, for its part, said some 11,670 families or 53,448 individuals were still staying in 365 open evacuation centers in Regions V, VIII, and Mimaropa as of Tuesday.

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