Four dead, one missing in Koronadal landslide 09/12/2010

Four dead, one missing in Koronadal landslide
09/12/2010
A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed four persons and left a seven-month-old child missing in Koronadal City, police and rescuers yesterday said.

Six other persons were injured and more than 200 were forced to flee their homes when the landslip dislodged several houses in Sitio Upper and Lower Acub, Barangay San Isidro, Koronadal City in South Cotabato late Friday, said regional police spokesman Chief Insp. Jomar Alexis Yap.

“The village has been ordered evacuated,” Yap told reporters by telephone.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development is caring for 70 families, intotal more than 200 persons, who sought refuge at a nearby school, he added..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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