(Eagle News) — Seventeen bodies were recovered as of Nov. 5 from the deadly landslide in Natonin, Mountain Province where the Department of Public Works and Highways second district engineering office had been obliterated by mud and rubble brought about by last week’s typhoon Rosita. This was according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Mountain Province on Tuesday morning, Nov. 6. Eleven people are still missing, and believe to have […]
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Duterte surveys areas damaged by typhoon; orders immediate delivery of water, food for victims, rescuers
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte urged his officials to provide water and food to those areas severely affected by typhoon Rosita (international name Yutu) as he directed the “return to normalcy as soon as possible” of the affected areas. Duterte surveyed the areas damaged by the typhoon’s onslaught, and conducted an aerial surveillance along with his officials. In a situation briefing in Isabela on Thursday, Nov. 1, the President noted the “extensive” damage in Northern […]
15 listed fatalities in typhoon Rosita’s aftermath expected to rise as more bodies recovered
(Eagle News) –Typhoon Rosita (international name Yutu) has left at least 15 persons dead, even as officials expect this number to rise as more bodies are found in Northern Luzon which was badly hit by the tropical cyclone. The fatalities were from Region 3 or Central Luzon, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Southern Tagalog or CALABARZON. The number of injured at three are also expected to rise. The number of missing was also listed […]
22 people still missing in landslide that buried DPWH office in Mt. province
(Eagle News) – Twenty-two people are still believed to be missing in the landslide that buried the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) second engineering district office in Mountain Province as full search and rescue operations entered its second day. Four bodies have been recovered in the rubble, according to the Philippine Information Agency – Cordillera Administrative Region, different from its earlier statement that five bodies had been recovered. “PIA MOUNTAIN PROVINCE: As […]
Villar: Ongoing search and rescue operations in DPWH bldg landslide site in Mt. Province
(Eagle News) — Rescue operations are now ongoing at the site of a landslide in Natonin, Mountain Province where the Department of Public Works and Highways DPWH second district engineering office building was buried under mud and rocks after typhoon Rosita’s onslaught on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, according to DPWH secretary Mark Villar. “Rescue operations now on going at Brgy Banawel, Natonin. Let’s pray for those affected by the landslide,” said DPWH Secretary […]
31 people–including DPWH contractors, evacuees–trapped in landslide that buried DPWH bldg in Mt Province
(Eagle News) – Thirty-one people, including 20 contractors of the Department of Public Works and Highways, were trapped and feared dead in a landslide that buried in mud and rubble the DPWH second district engineering office in Natonin, Mt. Province on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 30. The landslide happened between 4 pm and 5 p.m., as rains and winds from typhoon Rosita (Yutu) still continued to be felt as it moved westward out of the […]





