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The Masara community starts to bury the victims of a landslide that struck on Feb. 6, 2024.  Davao de Oro government 

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Masara landslide death toll climbs to 92

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<div style="text-align:left"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/MASARA.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">The Masara community starts to bury the victims of a landslide that struck on Feb. 6, 2024.  <em>Davao de Oro government </em></span><em> </em></span></span></span>MANILA — The death toll in the massive landslide that hit the gold-mining community of Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro rose to 92 on Thursday evening. </div><p>Responders were still searching for 36 individuals who remained missing over a week since the Feb. 6 landslide struck the mountainous village.</p><p>An inter-faith prayer rally was held at the landslide&#x27;s ground zero, where Catholic priests, Mansaka and Kagan leaders, and indigenous people representatives offered their prayers.</p><p>The community on Wednesday started burying some of the landslide victims at the Mawab Public Cemetery.</p><p>Seventeen unidentified bodies were also temporarily buried at Maco Public Cemetery, based on the recommendation of the municipal health office for health and sanitation purposes. </p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/MASARA 2.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">The Masara community starts to bury the victims of a landslide that struck on Feb. 6, 2024.  <em>Davao de Oro government</em> </span> </span></span></span></div><p>The landslide buried three buses and a jeepney waiting for employees of a gold mining firm and 55 nearby houses, leaving 32 other people injured.</p><p>Authorities have vowed to continue the search until all those missing are recovered.</p><p>Landslides are a frequent hazard across much of the archipelago nation due to the mountainous terrain, heavy rainfall and widespread deforestation from mining, slash-and-burn farming and illegal logging.</p><p>Rain has pounded parts of Mindanao on and off for weeks, triggering dozens of landslides and floods that have forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters.</p><p>Massive earthquakes have also destabilized the region in recent months. </p><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2956708"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2961158"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script><div><strong>— With reports from Hernel Tocmo and Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The death toll in the massive landslide that hit the gold-mining community of Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro rose to 92 on Thursday evening. </p>

The death toll in the massive landslide that hit the gold-mining community of Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro rose to 92 on Thursday evening.

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Masara landslide death toll climbs to 92; community starts to bury victims

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Published Feb 16, 2024 11:30 AM PHT

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