At 8:00 a.m. July, 15, 2024, the cloud cluster east of Mindanao has developed into a Low Pressure Area (LPA) and was estimated at 485 km East of Davao City. Pagasa Facebook page

MANILA (UPDATED) — The cloud cluster spotted east of Mindanao has developed into a Low Pressure Area (LPA), weather bureau Pagasa announced Monday.

At 8 a.m., it was located 485 km east of Davao City.

The agency explained that the LPA may develop into a tropical cyclone in 24 to 48 hours and will be assigned the local name Butchoy, the second storm this year.

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The weather disturbance is forecast to move towards central or northern Philippines, based on PAGASA tropical cyclone threat potential forecast.

Currently, the southwest monsoon or habagat affects and brings scattered rains over the western sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

Habagat has so far affected 60,841 families in 11 provinces in five regions, based on the situational report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council released Monday.

Around 130 areas in Regions 9, 10, 11, 12, and BARMM experienced flooding, prompting pre-emptive evacuation of more than 200 individuals in Zamboanga Peninsula.

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Damage to houses, infrastructure, agriculture, other assets now amounts to almost 21 million pesos.

Typhoon Aghon, the first storm of the year, ravaged parts of Visayas and Southern Luzon late May. 

Six were confirmed dead and damage to agriculture and infrastructure exceeded one billion pesos. The storm name will be up for retirement.

Earlier this month, Pagasa said two to three tropical cyclones could form or enter the Philippine area of responsibility this July.