PAGASA: At least 3 potential cyclones threatening RP

At least three potential cyclones, one of them still outside Philippine territory, are threatening the country, state weather forecasters said Wednesday. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the other two are low-pressure areas (LPAs) inside Philippine territory. "Of the two LPAs in Philippine territory, the one east of Visayas has a larger chance of intensifying into a cyclone," PAGASA forecaster Jun Galang said in an interview on dzBB radio. PAGASA's 5 a.m. bulletin said one LPA is 200 km north of Puerto Princesa (Palawan) while the other was estimated at 800 km east of Visayas. Galang said PAGASA needs 24 hours to determine if the LPAs, particularly the one east of Visayas, will intensify into a cyclone. He also said they are also monitoring a tropical depression still outside Philippine territory but moving westward toward the country. "There is a tropical depression outside Philippine territory but is moving toward the Philippine area of responsibility," he said. The first of the three potential cyclones to intensify or enter Philippine territory will be codenamed "Juan," he said. Meanwhile, PAGASA said Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of Luzon will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, it added. — LBG, GMANews.TV