20240207-landslide

Agence France-Presse

<div><ivs-player data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-vid="2953527"></ivs-player></div><script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script>At least 7 people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide hit a gold-mining village in a mountainous area in Davao De Oro, the local disaster office said Wednesday. Rescuers were still searching for 48 people who remained missing due to the landslide in Maco town, the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said. <div><img class="fr-fic fr-dib" src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/LANDSLIDE 1.jpg" style="width:950px"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);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:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Rain-induced landslide killed at least 6 people and injured dozens in Maco, Davao De Oro. Eastern Mindanao Command </div>The landslide struck Tuesday night in Barangay Masara, destroying houses and engulfing two buses used to transport mine workers, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili told AFP. At least 28 people were on board the buses when the landslide hit, but eight managed to escape unhurt through the windows before the mud engulfed them, he said.The buses had been outside a gold mine operated by the Philippine company Apex Mining in Masara village where buses drop off and pick up workers.Aerial video showed a deep, brown gouge down the side of a forested mountain that reaches the village below where a number of houses had been destroyed.Land above the landslide appears to have been cleared for crops.<div><img class="fr-fic fr-dib" src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/LANDSLIDE 2.jpg" style="width:950px"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);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:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Rain-induced landslide killed at least 6 people and injured dozens in Maco, Davao De Oro. Eastern Mindanao Command </div>Rescue teams from across the region have been deployed to help search the large area under mud, Macapili said.&quot;We have equipment but we&#x27;re mostly doing it manually because digging with backhoes is dangerous as you don&#x27;t know if there are people trapped beneath the debris,&quot; Macapili said.<div><img class="fr-fic fr-dib" src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/LANDSLIDE 3.jpg" style="width:950px"/>Rain-induced landslide killed at least 6 people and injured dozens in Maco, Davao De Oro. Eastern Mindanao Command</div>Among the 31 villagers injured in the landslide, two were seriously hurt and were airlifted to a hospital in Davao city for treatment, Macapili said.A total of 46 people were reported missing, he said. It was not immediately clear if that figure included the 20 trapped on the buses.The landslide appears to have caught people by surprise.&quot;There was no sign that a landslide would occur because the rains stopped on Thursday and by Friday it was already sunny and hot,&quot; Macapili said.<div>FORCED EVACUATIONS </div><div><img class="fr-fic fr-dib" src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/LANDSLIDE 4.jpg" style="width:950px"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);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:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Rain-induced landslide killed at least 6 people and injured dozens in Maco, Davao De Oro. Eastern Mindanao Command </div>Macapili said an earthquake shook the village shortly after the landslide. The search effort was halted at midnight because it was too hazardous to continue, but resumed at daylight, he said.He said there was a mining tunnel beneath the mountain, but he did not know if it had been damaged by the landslide.In a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Apex Mining said it had reduced operations as it assists the rescue effort with equipment, personnel and food.Meanwhile, hundreds of families from Masara and four nearby villages have been forced to evacuate from their homes and shelter in emergency centres.Rain has pounded parts of Mindanao off and on for weeks, forcing tens of thousands into shelters.At least 18 people died from landslides and flooding in the region last week, the national disaster agency said in its latest update.Landslides are frequent hazards across much of the archipelago nation owing to the mountainous terrain, heavy rainfall and widespread deforestation.The Philippines is regularly ravaged by storms, with scientists warning they are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer because of climate change.<div>— With reports from Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse; Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News; and Hernel Tocmo </div>

At least 6 people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide engulfed two buses and houses in Davao De Oro.

At least 6 people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide engulfed two buses and houses in Davao De Oro.

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Landslide at Davao De Oro gold-mining village kills seven

Landslide at Davao De Oro gold-mining village kills seven

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Published Feb 07, 2024 04:12 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 07, 2024 05:51 PM PHT

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