Budding Tropical Threat Expected To Become Typhoon, Take Aim At Philippines

A new tropical depression formed on Wednesday to the east of the Philippines, and AccuWeather meteorologists say it will threaten to bring the islands another round of strong winds and flooding downpours into the weekend.

The depression, known as Paeng in the Philippines, was located several hundred miles east-southeast of Manila in the Philippine Sea, just northwest of the island of Palau, as of Wednesday evening, local time.

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