Bebe: Death toll due to landslides and floods in the district Philippines Reached 58 on Wednesday, the official height revealed, as rescuers dug more bodies with their bare hands in villages battered by rain-induced avalanches of mud and earth.
Most deaths from tropical storms Maggi – the strongest to hit the disaster-prone archipelago this year – were in the Central Provinces Leyte Where a series of landslides have devastated the communities.
At least 47 people were killed and 27 missing as waves of wet mud broke through farm settlements over the weekend, local officials said. Just over 100 people were injured.
Three people were also killed in the central province of Negros Oriental and three on the main southern island. Mindanaoaccording to national disaster agency,
Search operations for survivors in the village of Pilar resumed at first, after a landslide on Tuesday pushed boats carrying rescue teams to the coastal community of about 400 people, pushing most homes into the sea.
Police said at least five people were killed.
Most deaths from tropical storms Maggi – the strongest to hit the disaster-prone archipelago this year – were in the Central Provinces Leyte Where a series of landslides have devastated the communities.
At least 47 people were killed and 27 missing as waves of wet mud broke through farm settlements over the weekend, local officials said. Just over 100 people were injured.
Three people were also killed in the central province of Negros Oriental and three on the main southern island. Mindanaoaccording to national disaster agency,
Search operations for survivors in the village of Pilar resumed at first, after a landslide on Tuesday pushed boats carrying rescue teams to the coastal community of about 400 people, pushing most homes into the sea.
Police said at least five people were killed.