MANILA: Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in the Philippines have claimed at least 50 lives, including in a hard-hit southern province where up to 60 villagers are missing and buried in a massive mudslide loaded with boulders, trees and debris, officials said Saturday.
At least 42 people were swept away by raging floodwaters and either drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in Maguindanao province from Thursday evening to early Friday, said Naguib Sinarimbo, Minister of the Interior of an autonomous region. The worst impact of the storm so far has been a landslide that buried dozens of homes with up to 60 people in Kusiong tribal village in Maguindanao region. Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Sinarimbo said.
At least 42 people were swept away by raging floodwaters and either drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in Maguindanao province from Thursday evening to early Friday, said Naguib Sinarimbo, Minister of the Interior of an autonomous region. The worst impact of the storm so far has been a landslide that buried dozens of homes with up to 60 people in Kusiong tribal village in Maguindanao region. Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Sinarimbo said.
