Landslide hits village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 6 dead and 46 others missing
- At least 11 people were injured when a rain-induced landslide buried two buses in the southern Philippines.
- The landslide occurred in a gold mining site in the town of Maco in Davao de Oro province, where the buses were picking up employees.
- The search and rescue efforts were briefly halted due to safety concerns, but resumed the next day.
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Manila (Agencies) A local disaster management office announced yesterday that a huge landslide caused by heavy rains in the southern Philippines has killed six people and lost more than 40 others. Thirty-one people were injured in the landslide that occurred yesterday near a gold mining site in the town of Maco in Davao de Oro province, 965 kilometers south of Manila. The landslide destroyed two buses carrying workers from the excavation site an…
Seven people killed as landslide buries two buses in Philippines mining village
Employees at a mining company had been waiting to return home when a landslide struck their vehicles - it is the latest incident in the Philippines following a long spell of extreme weather.
After weeks of rainfall, the earth moved near a gold mine in the south of the Philippines. At least six people died in the landslide. The search for survivors continues. [more]
Philippines : un glissement de terrain fait au moins 5 morts et 31 blessés
La boue a enseveli deux bus dans la province de Davao de Oro, sur l’île de Mindanao, touchée par de fortes précipitations ces dernières semaines, fait savoir ce mercredi 7 février les autorités. Le bilan reste provisoire.
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Borneo BulletinLandslide at Philippine gold-mining village kills six
At least six people were killed and 31 injured when a rain-induced landslide hit a gold-mining village in a mountainous region of the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday. The landslide Tuesday night struck Masara in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili told AFP, destroying houses and engulfing two buses […] The post Landslide at Philippine gold-mining village kills six appeared first o…
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