Mindanao landslides leave 13 dead, 8 missing

KORONADAL CITY — At least 13 people died and eight others were still missing after heavy rains brought by Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) and the enhanced southwest monsoon triggered separate landslides in parts of Mindanao on Friday, while flooding affected more than 18,000 families across the Bangsamoro region.

A pre-dawn landslide buried two houses in Sitio Blesong Fundao, Barangay Poblacion, Malapatan, Sarangani, on Friday, killing eight people and leaving two others missing.

Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) chief Mark Christopher Quiño said the houses, occupied by the Maladian and Yaton families, were built along a mountainside.

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Initially, 10 people were reported trapped beneath the debris. Seven victims were recovered from the site, while a 31-year-old survivor later died in the hospital, raising the death toll to eight.

Malapatan Mayor Salway Sumbo Jr. said the landslide occurred between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.

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Authorities said continuous heavy rains since Thursday triggered the collapse. Officials also believe the ground had been weakened by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao on June 8.

Flooding also hit the villages of Sapu Padidu, Sapu Masla, and Libi on Thursday, forcing 115 families to seek temporary shelter in three evacuation centers.

In Calanogas, Lanao del Sur, another landslide struck Barangay Ngingir at around 2:30 a.m., killing five people and leaving six others missing.

Collapsed hillside

Capt. Steffi Salanguit, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said heavy rains brought by Inday caused a large section of a hillside to collapse, burying several houses.

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