‘Neneng’ threatens Batanes, powerful typhoon brews outside PAR

AS powerful typhoon “Mangkhut” lingers outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the low pressure area (LPA) north of Batanes turned into a tropical depression and named “Neneng,” the weather bureau said on Monday.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Neneng was last spotted 120 kilometers (km) north of Basco, Batanes with maximum winds of 45 kilometers per hour (km/h) and gustiness of 60 km/h.