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3 children dead in Benguet landslide, says vice governor

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1797427" width="100%"></iframe></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>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>—Three children were reported dead in a landslide in Benguet as severe tropical storm Maring (international name: Kompasu) continued to drench Northern Luzon on Tuesday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/12/21/more-rains-expected-in-n-luzon-as-maring-nears-exit">More rains expected in Northern Luzon, as Maring nears exit</a></li></ul><p>“We just received report na may 3 natabunan mga bata (3 kids were buried in the landslide)— 2 years old, 6 and 8 years old — at may na-injured kakadala lang sa ospital (who were taken to hospital),” Vice-Governor Johnny Waguis told ANC’s “Headstart” without giving any details.</p><p>Waguis said the province had given residents sufficient warning, including through text messages and official announcements.</p><p>Asked why some residents appeared to have not been informed about the landslides, he said: “Hindi po natin masabi kung saan ang mala-landslide. Sa bahay nila ito.”</p><p>(We can’t say where exactly where the landslides will happen. This happened in their house.)</p><p>Waguis said rescue operations were ongoing in critical areas and that equipment such as rescue boats were needed.</p><p>“Kagaya ng kagabi, malapit nang aabot sa second floor ’yung baha sa La Trinidad. Ilan lang ’yung bangka na nagamit, so at least naman nai-transfer natin ang mga involved residents doon, ’yun po ang nakikita kong isang kailangan para mapadala ’yung mga transpo in case of flooding,” the official said.</p><p>(Like last night, floodwater almost reached the second floor of houses in La Trinidad. We can use only a few boats, so at least we were able to transfer some people. That’s one of the things I think we need, so we can send transportation in need of flooding.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/12/21/floodwater-rises-in-northern-luzon-residents-seek-help">Floodwater rises in Northern Luzon, as residents plead for help amid Maring</a></li></ul><div><strong>DEBRIS BLOCK BAGUIO CITY ROAD</strong></div><p>Meanwhile in Baguio City, fallen rocks, landslide, and uprooted trees blocked parts of Ben Palispis Highway (formerly known as Marcos Highway). Delivery trucks, however, can still pass through.</p><p>Inside a mall in the City, staff swept rainwater that drenched parts of the building, including shops.</p><p>Three were reportedly missing in a landslide in Baguio City&#x27;s Barangay Dominican Mirador and one more in Brgy. Tuding in Itogon Benguet.</p><p>PAGASA said that heavy to torrential rainfall is likely over Batanes, the northern portion of Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Ilocos Region due to the storm.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/12/21/ndrrmc-says-validating-9-deaths-due-to-maring">NDRRMC says validating 9 reported deaths due to ‘Maring’</a></li></ul><p>It was last estimated 315 kilometers west of Calayan, Cagayan as of 10 a.m., according to the weather bureau.</p><div><strong>— ANC, 12 October 2021; with a report from Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

Benguet Vice-Governor Johnny Waguis says people in the province were given sufficient warning of potential landslides as Maring threatened.