ZAMBOANGA CITY (Zamboanga Journal / 20 Feb) Rescuers pulled out a woman from an area hit by landslides in Bayog twn in Zamboanga del Sur province in the southern Philippines, officials said Monday.
"One woman was rescued alive, but her leg was broken and five more are still missing," Maj. Gamal Hayudini, a spokesman for the Southern Command, told the Zamboanga Journal.
Hayudini said the woman was rescued Sunday and part of a group of 10 people who were missing after mud and boulders, loosened by continuous rains, buried some thatched houses late Saturday in the mining village of Depore.
Local television reports said Monday that five bodies had been recovered, including that of a three-year old child and a 70-year old man, from the landslide.
Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Gabriel Habacon earlier ordered more soldiers to the province to help in the search and rescue operation, but the hope of finding any survivors is slim, rescuers said.
Heavy rains the past days are also threatening other areas in remote villages in the province.
The latest tragedy coincided with government efforts to rescue an estimated 1,800 people also buried in landslide in the farming village of Guinsaugon in St. Bernard town in southern Leyte in the central Philippines.
Rescuers have been searching in vain for more survivors since Friday's landslide after weeks of heavy rains unloosened tons of earth that almost covered the entire village with mud of up to 30 feet, including a school where some 200 people are trapped alive, officials said.
"One woman was rescued alive, but her leg was broken and five more are still missing," Maj. Gamal Hayudini, a spokesman for the Southern Command, told the Zamboanga Journal.
Hayudini said the woman was rescued Sunday and part of a group of 10 people who were missing after mud and boulders, loosened by continuous rains, buried some thatched houses late Saturday in the mining village of Depore.
Local television reports said Monday that five bodies had been recovered, including that of a three-year old child and a 70-year old man, from the landslide.
Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Gabriel Habacon earlier ordered more soldiers to the province to help in the search and rescue operation, but the hope of finding any survivors is slim, rescuers said.
Heavy rains the past days are also threatening other areas in remote villages in the province.
The latest tragedy coincided with government efforts to rescue an estimated 1,800 people also buried in landslide in the farming village of Guinsaugon in St. Bernard town in southern Leyte in the central Philippines.
Rescuers have been searching in vain for more survivors since Friday's landslide after weeks of heavy rains unloosened tons of earth that almost covered the entire village with mud of up to 30 feet, including a school where some 200 people are trapped alive, officials said.
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