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A landslide swept through Purok B, Barangay Sampaloc in Talisay, Batangas due to heavy rains brought by severe tropical storm Kristine. Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News

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Dennis Datu

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<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/173086097130320241025-kristine-talisay-batangas-3-ABS--11.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A landslide swept through Purok B, Barangay Sampaloc in Talisay, Batangas due to heavy rains brought by severe tropical storm Kristine. Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">A landslide swept through Purok B, Barangay Sampaloc in Talisay, Batangas due to heavy rains brought by severe tropical storm Kristine. <em>Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA — The mayor of Talisay, Batangas on Wednesday denied that illegal logging and quarrying were supposedly to blame for the massive landslide that killed at least 20 people during the onslaught of severe tropical storm Kristine in late October. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Kitang-kita naman ninyo green na green yung bundok, walang activities doon ng logging, walang quarrying,” Talisay Mayor Nestor Natanauan told ABS-CBN News. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/10/25/-everything-was-buried-talisay-batangas-battered-by-deadly-cyclone-1417">&#x27;Everything was buried&#x27;: Talisay, Batangas battered by deadly cyclone</a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Instead, Natanauan blamed the eruption of Taal Volcano for the landslide.  </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br/></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">He surmised that tremors from Taal’s eruption in January 2020 caused numerous cracks in the mountains, which filled with water during heavy rains brought by Kristine. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Noong pumutok ang bulkan naglilindol, nagalaw siguro, nagkaroon ng kaunting bitak, dumami ang tubig na sinalo&quot; Natanauan said. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Kung inyong titingnan, ngayon lamang nagkaroon ng gay-an  dito sa bayan ng Batangas na kalaki ay ilang taon na nakalipas na pumutok ang bulkan at nakalog… Saka lamang nagkaroon ng bulig, natumba yung mga bato na nagkaroon ng bitak yun ang aking pakiramdam,&quot; the mayor added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/4/philippines-marks-day-of-national-mourning-for-kristine-victims-1041">Philippines marks Day of National Mourning for Kristine victims</a></span><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/4/marcos-says-gov-t-response-to-kristine-never-enough-wishes-we-could-do-more-1450">Marcos says gov’t response to Kristine ‘never enough’, wishes ‘we could do more’</a></span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Twenty residents, mostly children, were buried alive when the landslide hit Talisay’s Purok B, Barangay Sampaloc. </span></div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kristine destroyed around 100 houses in the town. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The local government will not allow residents to return to the landslide site to resettle. Instead, they will provide housing in a relocation site with the help of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD).</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/5/marce-to-reach-peak-intensity-wednesday-614">Marce to reach peak intensity Wednesday; Signal no. 2 in Babuyan Island, Cagayan</a></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The mayor of Talisay, Batangas on Wednesday denied that illegal logging and quarrying were supposedly to blame for the massive landslide that killed at least 20 people during the onslaught of severe tropical storm Kristine in late October.</p>

The mayor of Talisay, Batangas on Wednesday denied that illegal logging and quarrying were supposedly to blame for the massive landslide that killed at least 20 people during the onslaught of severe tropical storm Kristine in late October.

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Talisay, Batangas mayor denies illegal logging, quarrying to blame for deadly landslide

Dennis Datu,

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Published November 06, 2024 10:50 AM PHT

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