TROPICAL depression Gorio, the 7th typhoon to enter the country this year, just grazed through the northern boundary of the Philippine area on Wednesday, exiting the same day it entered, according to weather agency PAGASA.
Gorio, initially a low pressure area, developed into a tropical depression Wednesday morning while about 700 kilometers northeast of Itbayat, Batanes.
The tropical depression did not directly affect the weather condition in the country, but the southwest monsoon continued to bring rains in parts of the northern mainland Luzon, PAGASA reported.
“Under the influence of the southwest monsoon… rains will be experienced in the next 24 hours over Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes, Babuyan, Zambales, and Bataan,” the state weather bureau said in its 5 p.m. Wednesday bulletin.