- विज्ञापन -
MANILA: The death toll in Philipine landslide has gone up to 54, with the recovery of 19 more bodies from beneath the rubble in the village of Masara on Sunday. The landslide had occured near a gold mine.
Sixty-three other miners and residents are still missing, said the municipality of Maco, and provincial disaster official.
The landslide buried a bus terminal for employees of a gold mining firm and 55 nearby houses on Tuesday night, leaving 35 people dead and 32 others injured.
mud and trees slid more than 700 metres
Rocks, mud and trees slid more than 700 metres down a steep mountainside near the Apex Mining Co concession, burying a 22-acre section of the Masara community.
A three-year-old girl was pulled alive from under the rubble
A three-year-old girl was pulled alive from under the rubble on Friday, in what rescuers described as a “miracle”.
The authorities have vowed to continue the search until everyone listed as missing is recovered.
Landslides frequently ocurrs across much of the archipelago nation due to the mountainous terrain, heavy rainfall and widespread deforestation from mining, slash-and-burn farming and illegal logging.
