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Dig for more bodies in Cebu landslide nears end
Dig for more bodies in Cebu landslide nears end
ABS-CBN News
Published Oct 02, 2018 08:07 AM PHT
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Updated Oct 02, 2018 08:36 AM PHT
MANILA - The disaster office in Naga City, Cebu said Tuesday that it was considering ending the search for bodies in a landslide that buried a residential area there nearly 2 weeks ago.
MANILA - The disaster office in Naga City, Cebu said Tuesday that it was considering ending the search for bodies in a landslide that buried a residential area there nearly 2 weeks ago.
The landslide struck Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan after heavy rains on September 20, burying some 60 houses near a quarry site.
The landslide struck Sitio Sindulan, Barangay Tinaan after heavy rains on September 20, burying some 60 houses near a quarry site.
Authorities have recovered 77 fatalities while 8 others remain missing, said Baltazar Tribunalo, head of the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Office (PDRRMO).
Authorities have recovered 77 fatalities while 8 others remain missing, said Baltazar Tribunalo, head of the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Office (PDRRMO).
Searchers, however, have not pulled out any bodies in the last 2 days, he told radio DZMM.
Searchers, however, have not pulled out any bodies in the last 2 days, he told radio DZMM.
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If the search continues to yield no results, the PDRRMO may urge the local government to suspend the operation on Wednesday or Thursday, said Tribunalo.
If the search continues to yield no results, the PDRRMO may urge the local government to suspend the operation on Wednesday or Thursday, said Tribunalo.
He also noted that the last recovered fatalities were in an advanced state of decomposition, which may pose a health hazard for rescuers.
He also noted that the last recovered fatalities were in an advanced state of decomposition, which may pose a health hazard for rescuers.
"Sana hindi ito umulan para at least, for the last 24 or 30 hours, makakuha pa tayo ng bangkay," he said.
"Sana hindi ito umulan para at least, for the last 24 or 30 hours, makakuha pa tayo ng bangkay," he said.
(We hope that it doesn't so that for the last 24 to 30 hours of the search, we could recover more bodies.)
(We hope that it doesn't so that for the last 24 to 30 hours of the search, we could recover more bodies.)
Local officials are also searching for a permanent relocation site for hundreds of residents from the landslide-hit areas, Tribunalo added.
Local officials are also searching for a permanent relocation site for hundreds of residents from the landslide-hit areas, Tribunalo added.
Cebu was not directly hit last month by typhoon Ompong, but it has been pounded by heavy monsoon rain for days.
In the northern province of Itogon, Benguet, landslides unleashed by Ompong killed at least 91 people, said Senior Supt. Lyndon Mencio, head of the provincial police.
Cebu was not directly hit last month by typhoon Ompong, but it has been pounded by heavy monsoon rain for days.
In the northern province of Itogon, Benguet, landslides unleashed by Ompong killed at least 91 people, said Senior Supt. Lyndon Mencio, head of the provincial police.
Among the worst-hit areas there is Barangay Ucab, where mounds of soil and rock buried the bunkhouse and chapel of dozens of miners and their families.
Among the worst-hit areas there is Barangay Ucab, where mounds of soil and rock buried the bunkhouse and chapel of dozens of miners and their families.
"Dalawang beses na pong napaikutan ng mga equipment doon, talagang wala na pong mahanap kaya temporarily ini-halt [ang paghuhukay]," Mencio said in a separate DZMM interview, adding that only 1 person remains missing from the Ucab landslide.
"Dalawang beses na pong napaikutan ng mga equipment doon, talagang wala na pong mahanap kaya temporarily ini-halt [ang paghuhukay]," Mencio said in a separate DZMM interview, adding that only 1 person remains missing from the Ucab landslide.
(Our heavy equipment have combed the area twice, but we have not found any additional bodies so we've temporarily halted the search.)
Ompong left at least 95 people killed across Luzon and destroyed some P26.7 billion worth of crops and livestock, authorities earlier said.
(Our heavy equipment have combed the area twice, but we have not found any additional bodies so we've temporarily halted the search.)
Ompong left at least 95 people killed across Luzon and destroyed some P26.7 billion worth of crops and livestock, authorities earlier said.
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