The tropical storm Kajiki weakened into a tropical low pressure area after entering the East Sea on late Saturday, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Center.

At 1 a.m. on Feb. 2, the low pressure area was centered northeastern of Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, packing winds of less than 39kph.

Previously, more than 18,000 people in Visayas and Mindanao regions in the Philippines had been displaced due to bad weather conditions brought by Kajiki, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Philippines.

One man drowned in Macrohon town, Southern Leyte, Armando Bolalin, as Kajiki battered the country on Saturday, local police said. It also caused flooding in low-lying portions of Cebu.