A low-pressure area (LPA) formed outside the Philippine area of Responsibility on Sunday morning, according to the state weather service. In a Facebook post, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said this LPA has a “high chance” of developing into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours.

Meanwhile, another LPA formed outside PAR on Friday evening. It was located 2,870 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao at 3 am on Saturday, still far outside PAR. It currently has a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression in the next 24 hours, according to PAGASA.

The low-pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) has intensified into a tropical depression, the Philippine Atmospheric,

The low pressure area which entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility before dawn on Saturday has intensified and is now a tropical depression which PAGASA has named Nika.

The center of the tropical depression was estimated based on all available data at 1,620 km East of Eastern Visayas (outside of PAR) (11.4°N, 140.6°E).

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the tropical storm east of Luzon entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday, Nov. 12,

This handout photo courtesy of Lie Anne Elacion Fabrigas taken and received on Monday shows a woman outside her damaged home in Dilasag, Aurora province after Typhoon Nika (Toraji) hit the nation's northeast coast.

The Tropical Storm east of Eastern Visayas has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and will be assigned the domestic name Ofel, according to PAGASA. As of 3 a.m., the center of Severe Tropical Storm Nika (International Name: Toraji) was estimatedat 150 kilometers west northwest of Laoag City,

The potential Ofel is already a tropical storm ahead of its expected entry into the Philippine Area of Responsibility