Death Toll in Philippines Village Landslide Rises to 68, with 51 Still Missing
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The death toll from a landslide that swept through a gold-mining village in the Philippines on Tuesday has risen to 68, with 51 people still missing.
The landslide struck outside the gold mining village in Maco Town in Davao de Oro province on Tuesday night after weeks of torrential rains in the area. It also hit two buses filled with gold miners who had been waiting to be driven home. The death toll so far includes 42 residents and 26 mining employees, with more than 30 people injured.
“It is almost a week after the incident, and we are assuming that no one is alive there,” said Mr. Edward Macapili, a disaster agency official of Davao de Oro province, in a statement given to AFP news agency. “There is already a foul smell in the area now, so there’s a need to fast-track the retrieval.” (Source: AFP)
The Philippines’ mountainous geography, heavy torrential rainfall, and extensive deforestation from mining and logging make landslides a common threat in the area.
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, is providing $1.25 million in humanitarian aid to the affected communities in the southern islands, its embassy in Manila said in a statement.
The U.S. Defense Department also provided two C-130 cargo planes to help deliver food packs in the affected communities.
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