Caloy weakens into tropical depression over Philippine Sea

MANILA, Philippines – Caloy (Hagupit) weakened from a tropical storm into a tropical depression on Sunday morning, May 10, while remaining over the Philippine Sea.

Caloy’s maximum sustained winds decreased from 65 kilometers per hour to 55 km/h, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in a bulletin issued at 11 am on Sunday. Its gustiness is down to 70 km/h from 80 km/h.

As of 10 am on Sunday, the tropical depression was last spotted 770 kilometers east of Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, moving northwest at only 10 km/h.

It is not directly affecting any part of the Philippines, but PAGASA Weather Specialist Grace Castañeda said Caloy’s trough or extension may bring scattered rain showers to parts of Eastern Visayas and Caraga starting Sunday night.

For now, the whole country continues to enjoy generally fair weather, with just isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the easterlies or warm winds from the Pacific Ocean.

Caloy is expected to weaken further into a remnant low on Monday, May 11.

In the next 24 hours, the following seaboards may have up to moderate seas:

• Eastern seaboards of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Siargao-Bucas Grande Islands; seaboards of Batanes – waves up to 2.5 meters high
• Remaining seaboards of Ilocos Norte and Babuyan Islands; eastern seaboards of Cagayan, Isabela, Camarines Norte, Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Sur, and Davao Oriental; northern seaboards of Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, and Northern Samar; western seaboard of Babuyan Islands; northwestern seaboard of Ilocos Norte – waves up to 2 meters high

The weather bureau advised small vessels to take precautionary measures, or to avoid sailing altogether.

Caloy had entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday, May 9. It is the Philippines’ third tropical cyclone for 2026, and the first for May.

Aside from Caloy, PAGASA continues to monitor a low pressure area (LPA) outside PAR, located 2,355 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao as of 10 am on Sunday.

The LPA is unlikely to develop into a tropical cyclone within 24 hours. Castañeda also said it is not expected to affect the Philippines. – Rappler.com