A TROPICAL depression, to be named Basyang, was expected to enter the Philippine area Sunday night, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported yesterday. As of Sunday morning, the weather disturbance was still 1,200 kilometers (km) east of Mindanao with sustained winds of 55 km per hour and moving at a west-northwest direction. “Maritime operations along the eastern seaboards of Visayas and of Mindanao may be disrupted once Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal is raised tonight (Sunday),” PAGASA said in its bulletin. Basyang’s forecast positions are: 550 km east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur by Monday morning, in the vicinity of Butuan City by Tuesday, and 185 km southeast of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan by Wednesday morning.

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