(UPDATE) Tropical Depression Agaton (Megi) will linger in the vicinity of Samar-Leyte area on Tuesday, bringing rains to the Philippines' eastern coast, as it is pulled by Typhoon Malakas, formerly Basyang, into the Pacific Ocean, PAGASA said.
The first storm to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility in 2022 will likely weaken into a low pressure area and assimilate or combine with Malakas, which entered the Philippine area of responsibility at 10 a.m. and left at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Agaton at 4 p.m. was packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour with gusts of 75 kph, the weather bureau said.
Agaton will bring moderate to heavy rains over Eastern Visayas, Sorsogon, Masbate, the northern and central portions of Cebu including Bantayan and Camotes Islands, Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo, Antique, Guimaras, and the northern and central portions of Negros Provinces.
Signal no. 1, with winds of less than 62 kph, and can tilt banana plants, was raised over:
- Eastern Samar
- Samar
- Northern Samar
- Biliran
- Leyte
- Southern Leyte
- Camotes Island
- Dinagat Islands
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