Philippines landslides kill 5 people

Published February 7th, 2024 - 05:42 GMT
Philippines
This handout photo taken and released on February 7, 2024 by the Philippine Army's 60th Infantry "Mediator" Battalion shows Philippine soldiers transferring a landslide survivor from a helicopter to an ambulance following a medical evacuation flight from Maco to the Davao Regional Medical Center in Tagum, Davao del Norte province. At least 11 people were injured when a rain-induced landslide buried two buses picking up workers from a gold mine in the southern Philippines, officials said. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Army's 60th Infantry "Mediator" Battalion / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Landslides in the Philippines kill 5 people and injured more than 30, as rescue teams race against time to minimize casualties in the affected areas. 

The landslide struck a mining village in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island on Tuesday night, trapping at least 20 people inside two buses transporting mine workers, provincial disaster official Edward Macapili told AFP.

 

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