Basyang downgraded to LPA

Tropical Depression Basyang has weakened into a low pressure area, according to the state weather bureau PAGASA early Saturday morning.

PAGASA said Basyang returned to LPA status at 2 a.m. and is "unlikely" to develop into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours. At 4 a.m., the LPA was located 105 km southeast of Cuyo, Palawan, moving westward at 25 km/h.

"The remnant low will move generally west northwestward over the Sulu Sea and cross the northern Palawan. However, as the remnant low moves over increasingly less favorable environmental conditions, there is a likelihood that it may dissipate over the Sulu Sea," PAGASA said.

Over the last two days, the weather disturbance caused heavy rains in various parts of the Visayas and Mindanao.

Four people were reported dead in a landslide in Cagayan de Oro City while Iligan City was placed under a state of calamity.

Houses in Barangay San Antonio, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, were flooded, forcing the locals to seek shelter in the covered court and barangay health stations.

Some flights were canceled and sea travel was suspended in the affected areas. —VBL, GMA Integrated News