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MANILA, Philippines — Former environment secretary Lito Atienza has urged concerned agencies and local government units to use geohazard maps prepared by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to mitigate impacts of natural disasters on human life.
MANILA: The death toll from a massive landslide that hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has risen to 54 with 63 people still missing, authorities said Sunday.The landslide hit the mountain village of Masara in Davao de Oro province on Tuesday night after weeks of torrential rains. Davao de Oro's provincial government said in a Facebook post that 54 bodies had been recovered.
MANILA, Philippines — Damage to infrastructure due to floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in Davao and Caraga regions has reached more than P1 billion, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported Monday.
Senator Win Gatchalian reiterated the need for local government units to improve their respective disaster preparedness programs as he distributed aid to flood and landslide victims in Davao de Oro and Davao Oriental in Southern Mindanao and Agusan del Sur in Caraga on Saturday.
MANILA, Philippines — Casualties from the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro continue to rise as government officials abandoned all hope of finding live victims under the rubble.
MANILA, Philippines — Umakyat na sa 92 bangkay na narerekober matapos ang mangyaring pagguho ng lupa sa isang gold-mining village sa Maco, Davao de Oro noong nakaraang linggo. Ika-6 ng Pebrero nang mabaon sa landslide ang ilang bus na may sakay na manggagawa ng Apex Mining Corp. sa barangay Masara — dahilan para masawi at mawala ang pagkarami-rami.
MANILA, Philippines – Authorities have recorded a total of 92 dead from the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, according to the municipal government, with search operations still ongoing for several missing persons.
MANILA, Philippines — Ten days of search, rescue and retrieval operations have brought the number of fatalities to 85 in the rain-induced landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro.