Still reeling from the devastating effects of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake last month, hundreds of residents in Northern Luzon evacuated anew due to flooding and landslides caused by Severe Tropical Storm “Florita,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said...
KARBALA, Iraq – The body of an eighth pilgrim was pulled from an Iraqi shrine on Monday, two days after its partial collapse in a landslide, with rescuers announcing an end to the search for more victims. Iraqi rescue workers search for survivors trapped under the rubble of the Qattarat...
BACOLOD CITY -- At least 17 families were evacuated at Sitio Lower Manaol, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Aug. 17, following the occurence of a series of fissures, landslide, and liquefaction activities in the area recently. A fissure was seen at Sitio Lower...
Another landslide occurred in Taguig City on July 31, nearly two weeks after the first one . According to the Taguig City government, the “minor landslide” happened at about 3:15 p.m. along Veterans Road in Barangay Western Bicutan. The landslide in Taguig on July 31. (Photo from Taguig City...
BANGUED, Abra – Four people who were reported missing during the height of the magnitude-7 earthquake in the town of Luba, Abra, were found buried in a landslide area in Sitio Bangel, Barangay Poblacion Luba, Abra at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 29. Photo via Zaldy Comanda The discovery of the...
BAUKO, Mt. Province – A 59-year old man was unearthed from a landslide in Sitio Boga, Monamon Sur in this town on Thursday morning, July 28, in what could be the first recorded death in Cordillera region after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit northern Luzon on Wednesday, July 27. Photo Courtesy...
LA UNION – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 1 reported that some areas in Ilocos Sur are either one lane passable or impassable because of big boulders that cascaded following the devastating earthquake that struck the northern Philippines on Wednesday, July 27....
The Taguig City government said soil erosion from diggings done by residents and rainwater that accumulated caused the landslide in a barangay on Tuesday, July 19. According to the Taguig police, the landslide happened at about 1:30 p.m. in Damayan Area in Barangay Central Signal Village, Taguig....
A minor was injured when a landslide occurred in Taguig City on July 19. According to the Taguig police, the landslide occurred at about 1:30 p.m. in Damayan Area in Barangay Central Signal Village. The landslide that occurred in Taguig on July 19 (Photo from Taguig police) The landslide...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Three children were killed Thursday by a landslide that buried a rural school in the coffee-growing municipality of Andes in northwestern Colombia, authorities said. Locals and rescue teams are seen at the site of a landslide in Andes municipality, Antioquia department,...
A 27-year-old woman was buried alive when a landslide hit Abucay, Bataan over the weekend, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) disclosed Monday, July 11. Search, rescue, and retrieval personnel carry the remains of 27-year-old Roselyn dela Cruz after she was buried...
ABUCAY, Bataan (PNA) – A woman was killed after a landslide buried their house at the height of heavy rains here Saturday, July 9. Police Major Dennis Bautista Duran, Abucay police chief, identified the victim as Roselyn dela Cruz, 27, a caretaker of a resort here. Duran said rescuers found the...
