MANILA, Philippines — "Vinta" on Friday weakened into a tropical depression and is now lashing the Zamboanga Del Sur area, according to the country's state weather agency on Friday. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, only Tropical Storm Signal No. 1 is hoisted in a dozen areas in the Visayas and Mindanao. 1 was hoisted in Southern Negros Occidental, Southern section of Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay, Western part of North Cotabato and Northern part of Maguindanao. The weather agency said that sea travel remained risky in waters off the seaboards of areas under Tropical Storm Signal No.

Source: Philippine Star December 22, 2017 09:56 UTC