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Torrential rains unleash landslides that kill 7 in southern Philippines
Two landslides killed seven people and displaced over 3,000 after heavy rains disrupted transport and forced evacuations in southeastern Philippines, officials said.
- Officials said Friday that torrential rains caused two deadly landslides in the southeastern Philippines, killing seven people and displacing more than 3,000 villagers.
- A storm made landfall late Thursday in Surigao del Sur province after forecasters said cold wind and warm, moist air from the Pacific caused heavy downpours well ahead of the June typhoon season.
- Rescuers used earth-moving equipment to retrieve bodies after a boulder-laden landslide buried a house in Mati, Davao Oriental, killing a couple and their two daughters, while in Monkayo, Davao de Oro, they dug up three victims from a Thursday landslide.
- The Philippine Coast Guard reported nearly 5,000 passengers and cargo workers stranded in 94 seaports as dozens of domestic flights were cancelled, leaving thousands stuck at airports.
- Nearly 10,000 people were affected by the downpours, and by Friday noon the storm had sustained winds of 55 kph with gusts of 70 kph; forecasters expect it to weaken into a tropical depression later Friday.
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7 killed in landslides unleashed by torrential rains in Davao Region
MANILA, Philippines — Torrential rains set off two landslides that killed seven people and floods that displaced more than 3,000 villagers in the southeastern Philippines, officials said Friday.A boulder-laden landslide buried a house and killed a couple and their two daughters Friday in the coastal city of Mati in Davao Oriental province, disaster-response and provincial officials said.Rescuers used earth-moving equipment to retrieve the bodies…
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Torrential rains unleash landslides that kill 7 in southern Philippines
Torrential rains have triggered landslides and flooding in the southeastern Philippines, killing seven people and forcing thousands from their homes.
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