An approaching tropical depression will be named Basyang once it enters the Philippine territory anytime on Sunday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

In the state-run weather bureau’s latest update, the tropical depression was seen 1,355 kilometers east of Mindanao in southern Philippines.

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