Landslides

Recovery hopes of survivors ‘dim’

8 Feb 2012

BY VICTOR REYES -- THERE is a "slim chance" of recovering survivors from among 71 people believed buried in earthquake-triggered landslides in Negros Oriental, Benito Ramos, executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said yesterday. In Guihulngan City where the first landslide was reported after the magnitude 6.9 quake hit Monday, 29 people are still ...

PAGASA: Flash floods, landslides threaten parts of Visayas, Mindanao

8 Feb 2012

Flash floods and landslides threaten parts of Visayas and Mindanao due to the tail-end of a cold front Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said.

HOPES DIM FOR MISSING

8 Feb 2012

Victims buried in landslides now feared dead THE National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday placed the death toll as a result of last Monday’s magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Central and Western Visayas at 22 with 71 others still missing and feared dead after being buried in landslides that destroyed their homes. NDRRMC chairman Benito Ramos said 52 others were ...