At least there are seven people dead5 of them are children and Five more people disappeared due to landslide Following heavy rains throughout the week in the southern Philippines.
An avalanche hit the mountainous municipality of Monkayo, a mining area in the southeast of the island of Mindanao, on Thursday, surprising a group of people who had gathered to pray at the home of a local family, the Philippine News Agency reported. , quoting a city council spokesman.
5 of the 7 people who died were childrenCouncil spokesman Jergrace Cabag told this media that they learned about the tragedy after midnight on Thursday, adding that the bodies had already been transferred to a local funeral home.
Cabag stated that rescue efforts for the missing should be temporarily stopped due to heavy rain. In addition to the rain that caused landslides these days, the spokesman pointed out the effect of the 5.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, approximately 120 kilometers away on Wednesday night, on the orography as the possible cause of the landslide. . The municipality’s schools suspended classes this Friday as more rain is expected in the region.