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At least 21 dead, 74 missing in Naga, Cebu landslide

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Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/09/21/20180920-rescuers-rtr.jpg"/><figcaption>Rescuers pull out a survivor from rubble after a landslide in the City of Naga, Cebu on September 20, 2018.<em> Reuters/Stringer</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>NAGA CITY - A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 21 persons in Naga City, Cebu on Thursday morning, authorities said.</p><p>A portion of the mountain collapsed and buried around 24 houses in Barangays Tina-an and Naalad, police said.</p><p>&quot;We were able to retrieve 21 mga fatalities, yung patay, sir. Bente uno na,&quot; said Baltazar Tribunado Jr., an official of the local disaster office told DZMM Teleradyo early Friday morning.</p><p>Nine persons, meanwhile, have been rescued from the rubble as of 10:20 p.m. Thursday, according to the police.</p><p>Rescue operations in Cebu were being hampered by rains and loose soil, the provincial government said.</p><p>&quot;The responders have to be careful in the retrieval and rescue operations,&quot; Gary Cabotaje, a city government spokesman, told ANC. &quot;Most of them are using pickaxes and shovels because it&#x27;s dangerous to use heavy equipment.&quot;</p><p>Tribunado said rescuers temporarily stopped their operation Thursday night due to rains and the possibility of another landslide.</p><p>Firefighters, navy, army and police joined the effort to find people trapped alive in the debris of crushed homes.</p><p>Resident Vhann Quisido had a lucky escape when a tide of earth and rocks came to a halt behind his house.</p><p>&quot;I was sleeping when I heard a loud noise,&quot; he said by telephone. &quot;I was waiting for the land to come into our house. It was very traumatic.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1423837" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>As of 11 p.m. Thursday, the Naga City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said 13 were also reported injured, while 74 remain missing.</p><p>Some 500 families in 3 villages fled to an evacuation center after the landslide. </p><p>Residents were advised to evacuate from the area about 2 weeks ago after fissures were spotted on the ground, according to Marian Codilla, information officer of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau office in Cebu.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/20/18/cebu-town-officials-warned-before-deadly-landslide-says-mgb">Cebu town officials warned before deadly landslide, says MGB</a></li></ul><p>Ompong, the strongest typhoon to hit the country so far this year, caused more than 100 landslides, mostly in the mountainous Cordillera region in northern Luzon. </p><p>A major recovery effort was also underway in Itogon at a small mining site, where the bodies of 28 people, mostly miners, had been found. Rescuers looking for 52 people buried since Saturday said there was little chance of finding survivors. </p><p>The storm&#x27;s death toll countrywide was 88 by Thursday, police said, the majority from the landslides. - with a report from Reuters</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/20/18/digging-continues-as-ompong-landslides-toll-rises">Digging continues as Ompong landslides toll rises</a></li></ul>

<p>NAGA CITY - A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 21 persons in Naga City, Cebu on Thursday morning, authorities said.</p>

NAGA CITY - A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 21 persons in Naga City, Cebu on Thursday morning, authorities said.

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At least 21 dead, 74 missing in Naga, Cebu landslide

Gillan Ropero,

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Published Sep 21, 2018 01:38 AM PHT

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Updated Sep 21, 2018 10:36 AM PHT

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