Tropical depression Basyang enters PAR, may become tropical storm

MANILA, Philippines — A tropical depression entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday afternoon and was named Basyang, the state weather bureau said. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), Basyang entered the PAR at 5:30 p.m. In Pagasa’s 5 p.m. weather forecast, Basyang was last located 1,075 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao, moving slowly northwestward. Basyang