Trough of new LPA outside PH to bring rain over Mindanao areas

MANILA, Philippines – The state-run weather agency said Sunday that it is closely monitoring the movement of a low-pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Weather specialist Veronica Torres of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in a 5 a.m. briefing that the weather disturbance, estimated at 2,195 kilometers east of southern Mindanao, would not be a threat to any part of the archipelago in the next 2