THE low pressure area (LPA) off east of Cataduanes has escalated into a tropical depression, which has been named 'Amang,' the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Tuesday.

In a first bulletin issued past 5 a.m., Pagasa said Signal No. 1 was raised over Catanduanes and in the Visayas over the northern portion of Eastern Samar (Taft, Can-Avid, Sulat, Dolores, Oras, Arteche, San Policarpo, Jipapad, Maslog and San Julian) and the eastern portion of Northern Samar (Catubig, Lapinig, Gamay, Mapanas, Palapag, Laoang, San Roque, Pambujan and Mondragon).