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MANILA, Philippines – Some flights of Air Philippines and Cebu Pacific were canceled on Wednesday due to bad weather.
The grounded Air Philippines flights, as posted by the Department of Transportation and Communications’ Twitter account, were:
2P-031 MNL-Busuanga
2P-032 Busuanga-MNL
The Cebu Pacific flights cancelled were:
5J-901 MNL-Caticlan
5J-902 Caticlan-MNL
5J-899 MNL-Caticlan
5J-900 Caticlan-MNL
A low pressure area was spotted near Oriental Mindoro midday Wednesday. Moderate to occasionally heavy rains, meanwhile, were forecast over Mindoro Provinces and Northern Palawan including Coron Island, which may trigger flashfloods and landslides, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.
The southwest monsoon is also affecting central and southern Luzon and Visayas.