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Mud wipes out Philippines village
« on: Feb 17th, 2006, 8:03am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Mud wipes out Philippines village
 
An entire village has been buried by a major landslide in the central Philippines following heavy rains.
 
Sixteen people have been confirmed dead so far, but Red Cross and military officials said between 1,500 and 2,500 might be buried in the mud.
 
President Gloria Arroyo ordered the coast guard and navy to the island of Leyte, and a US vessel is on the way.
 
However rescuers, struggling waist-deep through thick mud, have called off their search, fearing further slides.
 
A school and an estimated 500 houses in the village of Guinsaugon, in the town of St Bernard on the southern part of Leyte, were swamped by the flow of mud.
 
The landslide followed reports of a minor earthquake in the area on Friday morning.
 
Survivor Dario Libatan said: "It sounded like the mountain exploded, and the whole thing crumbled."
 
"I could not see any house standing anymore," Mr Libatan said.
 
Television pictures showed just the tops of houses emerging from the mud.
 
Rescuers sinking
 
Heavy rains had dumped about 200cm of rain on the area in the space of 10 days, Eva Tomol, a board member for the Southern Leyte provincial government told the BBC News website.
 
Army Captain Edmund Abella, leading a team of 30 army rescuers, said his soldiers were sinking into the mud. "It's very difficult, we're digging by hand, the place is so vast and the mud is so thick," he said.
 
His troops had just rescued a 43-year-old woman. "She was crying and looking for her three nephews, but they were nowhere to be found," Capt Abella said.
 
The BBC's Sarah Toms in Manila says the area lies in the path of several typhoons each year, but that the coconut trees common locally have shallow roots and leave it vulnerable to landslides.
 
 
However Ms Tomol denied that illegal logging may have contributed to the disaster.
 
Southern Leyte province Governor Rosette Lerias said many residents had left last week, fearing landslides, but had begun to return as rains eased in the past few days.
 
She said the school that was buried had 246 students registered, and seven teachers.
 
"We have been able to rescue only one child and one adult from the school area," she said.
 
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President Arroyo urged her compatriots to "pray for those who perished and were affected by this tragedy".
 
"I have ordered the Coast Guard and our entire naval force in the Visayas [central Philippines] region to the area," she said in a television address to the nation.
 
"Naval ships will be used as floating hospitals and command centres for relief and rescue," she said.
 
A spokesman at the US embssy in Manila said a US naval vessel was being diverted from exercises nearby to offer assistance, and that heavy-lift helicopters might follow.
 
Richard Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, speaking in Geneva, said the Philippine air force was flying in a dog search team from Manila.
 
It would be some time before the final death toll was known, he said.
 
"This could rise to tragic proportions. We're still hoping this is not the case... It's impossible to predict what nature will do."
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4722702.stm
 
 
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And from BBC also, in related articles, you'll see that this has happened before in 2003, in the same province of Southern Leyte.  Sad
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« Reply #1 on: Feb 17th, 2006, 9:09am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Horrible!  Those poor people.
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« Reply #2 on: Feb 17th, 2006, 9:33am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
This is very sad. But I'm wondering why these people were not evacuated before the mudslide. If what I'm hearing is correct, these people had been warned (very far, maybe too far) in advance and didn't leave. They probably didn't worry when nothing was happening. Then this happens. Terrible, but I can't help but feel it was preventable, like Mt. St. Helens.
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« Reply #3 on: Feb 17th, 2006, 5:02pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I heard about this this afternoon... I was worried about you guys! Shocked  
 
I hope they find more people... this is sad.  Sad
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« Reply #4 on: Feb 17th, 2006, 7:21pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I hope all of our members and their loved ones are safe.  My heart goes out to those that have losses in this tragedy.
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« Reply #5 on: Feb 20th, 2006, 4:42pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
thanks guys... I think the Filipino forumers here are all safe from the mudslide... this tragedy occurred in a remote farming village in the island of Leyte...
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« Reply #6 on: Feb 20th, 2006, 4:48pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Yep. Safe here. Was in Baguio when this happened. It was in Central part in Leyte I think.
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nope it's in Southern Leyte...
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