AS SEARCH and rescue efforts increased with the arrival of equipment, the death toll has risen to at least 56, with 28 others missing, after a summer tropical depression that...
AS SEARCH and rescue efforts increased with the arrival of equipment, the death toll has risen to at least 56, with 28 others missing, after a summer tropical depression that unleashed days of pounding rain caused landslides and floods in the central and southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday, April 13.
Army, police and other rescuers were struggling with mud and unstable heaps of earth and debris to find the missing villagers. “We’re looking for so many more missing people,” Cari said and added that authorities would do a recount to determine how many villagers were really missing and believed buried in the landslides.
“We are saddened by this dreadful incident that caused an unfortunate loss of lives and destruction of properties,” said Army brigade commander Colonel Noel Vestuir, who was helping oversee the search and rescue.
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