Tropical Depression Onyok now in PAR

Even as the Philippines still reels from the effects of Typhoon Nona (Melor), a new potential cyclone has just entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and is being monitored by international weather agencies.

PAGASA said the tropical depression (TD) out in the Pacific Ocean is still too far and too weak to affect the country.

PAGASA gave the tropical depression the local codename “Onyok.”

As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) posited the tropical depression at just off the coast of Palau, having crossed the easternmost border of the PAR at a fast clip of 30 kph.

The entry of Onyok comes on the heels of Nona’s departure from the Philippines earlier in the day.

So far, Nona has claimed at least nine lives and has left thousands displaced.

Source: www.gmanetwork.com