Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 19th Feb. The regional disaster prevention office in Philippines on Sunday reported the death toll from a landslide in a mining town in Davao de Oro province in southern Philippines to 98.
The Maco Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said on Saturday that rescuers continue to search for nine others who remained missing, news media reported.
It stated that rocks, soil and debris triggered by days of rain slid from mountainside on the evening of February 6, buried houses and vehicles on its path, including two buses that were used to ferry workers to and from a nearby mining firm in Maco town.
The miners on the buses were among the dead.
Thirty-two people sustained injuries.
The World Risk Index 2022 put the Philippines at number one spot for the most disaster-prone countries in the world.
The archipelago is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire frequently battered by powerful typhoons, which trigger flash floods and landslides, and rocked by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
