Over 50 Dead and 63 Missing in Landslide in Southern Philippines...

The death toll from the landslide that occurred on the 6th in the southern mining area of the Philippines has exceeded 50.

According to foreign media including the AP on the 12th, disaster authorities in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao Island in the south announced the previous day that the confirmed death toll had risen to 54, with 63 people still missing.

The number of injured was counted at 35. The landslide occurred on the night of the 6th in Masara village, a mountainous area of Davao de Oro province. At that time, three 60-seat buses used for transporting miners and one 36-seat jeepney, along with nearby houses, were buried under the debris.

Landslide Victim Rescue Site in Southern Philippines
(Monkayo AP=Yonhap News) On the 19th (local time), rescue workers are saving victims buried in a landslide in the mountainous area of Monkayo, Davao de Oro Province, southern Philippines. A landslide caused by heavy rain struck this area, burying houses under soil and resulting in the deaths of seven people, including children, and four reported missing. 2024.01.19
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The landslide destroyed 62 houses and forced more than 5,000 residents to evacuate. On Mindanao Island, frequent earthquakes recently weakened the ground, and heavy rain continued for weeks.

The authorities deployed about 300 people for rescue operations but faced difficulties due to heavy rain and the risk of additional landslides, and resumed the search on the morning of the previous day.

Earlier, on the 9th, rescue workers found a 3-year-old girl survivor 60 hours after the landslide occurred and transported her to a hospital. Expectations grew that more survivors might miraculously be found, but no other survivors have been discovered since then.

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