NAIA operations briefly suspended due to red lightning alert

Flight and ground operations at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were briefly suspended after weather bureau PAGASA issued a lightning red alert Wednesday afternoon.

The alert was raised at 3:55 p.m., an advisory from Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said.

“The alert is a safety measure taken to prevent untoward incident from happening when lightnings are prevalent in the immediate area and may endanger personnel, passengers and even flight operations,” it said.

In a separate update by the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 4:09 p.m., it said that flight operations have already resumed after PAGASA has lowered the lightning alert from red to yellow.

In its latest bulletin, PAGASA said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms will prevail over Metro Manila and the rest of the country due to localized thunderstorms.

Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, meanwhile, will be experienced over Davao Region, SOCCSKSARGEN, BARMM, and Zamboanga Peninsula due to the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ).—Sundy Locus/Giselle Ombay/LDF, GMA News