Low pressure area enters PH, now tropical depression ‘Luis’

THE low pressure area (LPA) north of Luzon entered Philippine territory on Thursday and intensified into a tropical depression to be called “Luis.”

According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), the center of Luis was located 290 kilometers (km) north- northwest of Basco, Batanes as of 11 a.m.