KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an advisory on a tropical depression detected at latitude 14.4 north and longitude 131.8 east, about 787km northeast of Samar Island, the Philippines.
In a statement on Wednesday (Oct 1), it said the storm was moving west-northwest at a speed of 20km per hour with maximum wind speed of 56 km/h.
It added that the tropical depression was about 1,780 km northeast of Sandakan, Sabah, and poses no significant threat to Malaysia. - Bernama
