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MANILA, Feb 8, 2024 (AFP) – Rescuers used their bare hands and shovels to dig through mud on Thursday in a desperate search for survivors of a landslide in the Philippines as the number of missing nearly doubled to 90, an official said. Two days after the rain-induced landslide hit the mountainous gold-mining village of Masara on southern Mindanao island, searchers were in a race against time and weather. At least seven people were killed […]
At least 110 still missing, mostly in Eastern Visayas (Eagle News) – The death toll due to landslides and floods brought by tropical depression Agaton continued to rise and hit 172, according to the latest disaster reports on Sunday, April 17. Another 110 are also reported missing. Most of the deaths and the missing persons are in Region 8 or the Eastern Visayas region, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). […]
LEYTE, Philippines (AFP) — At least 24 people have been killed in landslides and flooding across central and southern Philippines, authorities said Monday, after tropical storm Megi dumped heavy rain and disrupted travel ahead of the April holidays. More than 13,000 people fled to emergency shelters as the storm pounded the region Sunday, the national disaster agency said, flooding houses, inundating fields, cutting off roads and knocking out power. The central province of Leyte […]
Japan braced for further downpours on Sunday as rescuers sifted through flood and landslide damage after record rain that left at least three dead. Residents returned to check on their mud-covered homes in the southwest, where nearly two million people were advised to urgently seek shelter Saturday as rivers overflowed. “So many logs tumbled down and crashed into this area” from nearby mountains, an elderly resident of Kanzaki in Saga prefecture told public broadcaster NHK. […]
by Nivrita GANGULY Agence France Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Thirty-six people have been killed in landslides caused by monsoon rains in India, authorities said Friday. As many as 40 other people were missing after the three separate landslides on Thursday in the Raigad district of the western state of Maharashtra. “At least 35 to 40 people are still trapped, we are trying to rescue them,” a local official said, adding that “36 […]
(Eagle News) — Floods and landslides have hit areas of Davao de Oro province due to rains brought about by Tropical Depression Vicky. In fact, floodwaters have already entered houses of residents in low-lying areas in Compostela, Davao de Oro. The local government units have already called on affected residents to evacuate if rains will continue. In Monkayo, Davao de Oro, landslides induced by the rains were also reported. In Purok Kawasan, New Alegria in […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRoCEM8xvs&feature=youtu.be (Eagle News) — Baguio City and some provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) were affected by rains and winds brought about by storm Pepito on Wednesday, Oct. 21 as can be seen in this video. Most of these CAR provinces were under Signal No. 1 on Wednesday, but was later lifted as “Pepito” moved over the West Philippine Sea. Local officials in these areas, where landslides usually occur during storms, were on […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Ten soldiers are dead and a frantic search is under way for 12 others after a huge landslide hit central Vietnam on Sunday, as the country battles its worst flooding in years. Heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have been killed in floods and landslides, according to Vietnam’s disaster management authority, with concerns mounting that waters could rise further. Rocks […]
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — Tropical Storm Amanda, the first named storm of the season in the Pacific, killed 10 people as it lashed El Salvador and Guatemala on Sunday amid flooding and power outages. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele declared a state of emergency for 15 days to cope with the effects of the storm, which lost strength later in the day as it moved into Guatemala. The fatalities were all recorded in El […]
MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AFP) — Floods and landslides in Indonesia have killed at least 59 people, the government said Friday, after heavy rain pounded Sulawesi island and forced thousands to flee their homes. “I’ve never seen something this bad — this is the worst,” Syamsibar, head of South Sulawesi’s disaster mitigation agency, told AFP, adding that 25 people were still missing. Lashed by the heavy rain, rivers swelled and burst their banks, inundating dozens of communities […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 18, reiterated his wish to ban mining in the country, following a landslide that buried at least 30 people in Itogon, Benguet, and which was blamed on mining operations in the area. “I want to stop mining because it has created a monster in the country,” Duterte said in a press briefing in Isabela. He said mining destroys marine life, and “puts in peril the […]
(Eagle News)–At least 59 people were killed due to Typhoon “Ompong,” the Philippine National Police reported on Sunday, Sept. 16. Data from the police showed that of the 59, one was in Region I, seven in Region II, one in Region III, 49 in the Cordillera Administrative Region, and one in Metro Manila. According to the police, 33 were injured— three were from Region I, 20 from CAR, seven from Region II, one from Region […]
