The Philippines has barely had time to recover from the devastation of late-season storms Tino and Uwan, which collectively claimed over 250 lives and incurred billions in damages. Now, another major weather disturbance is looming large, threatening to saturate already sodden ground.
A low pressure area (LPA) that formed east of Mindanao early Sunday officially entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) at 8 a.m.. This system, which was last spotted 845 km east of northeastern Mindanao, immediately brings with it a high potential for tropical cyclone formation in the next 24 hours. Should this potential be realised, the system will be assigned the local name 'Verbena'—a species of a flowering plant.
