PAGASA: Amang exits PHL territory

After indirectly causing rains in some parts of the country, tropical depression “Amang" moved away from Philippine territory before midnight Monday. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Amang is now heading for the Pacific Ocean. “Itong unang bagyo na si Amang ay tuluyan nang lumabas sa Philippine Area of Responsibility. Ito ay parang sumilip lang (Our first cyclone of the year has left the Philippine territory. It just dropped by very shortly)," PAGASA forecaster Elvie Enriquez said in an interview on dzBB radio Tuesday. Enriquez said that except for some rains on parts of Eastern Visayas and Mindanao, Amang had no effect on the country. Also, she said there is no cyclone or weather disturbance likely to come immediately after Amang, which she said is now heading for the Pacific Ocean. PAGASA said that as of 10 p.m. Monday, Amang was already 1,100 km east-northeast of Borongan town in Eastern Samar province in Eastern Visayas. Amang packed maximum winds of 55 kph near the center and was moving northeast at 26 kph. By Tuesday evening, it is expected to be 1,590 km east-northeast of Virac, Catanduanes. Meanwhile, PAGASA said the northeasterly surface wind flow prevailing over Luzon and Visayas may bring rains to some parts of the country. “Luzon will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms," it said in its 5 a.m. bulletin. — LBG, GMA News