00:00 More than 100 people have died in the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro.
00:06 Eleven were injured.
00:08 Live from Mawab, Davao de Oro,
00:10 we have a report from Ches Tony Humamid of GMA Regional TV, One Mindanao.
00:14 Ches Tony?
00:16 Some families have been rescued and their loved ones are still alive.
00:25 Rescuers are now helping the people in the area.
00:30 The area of the landslide in Managuimasara, Maco, Davao de Oro, this Tuesday,
00:37 is more visible in aerial video.
00:39 In the clearing operations of the Maragusan Emergency Response Team,
00:45 one of the buses was seen.
00:47 Some windows were broken and there were many cracks.
00:52 Many houses were also damaged in the landslide.
00:55 A woman was carried to the hospital by a wheelchair.
00:59 We are just praying to God that there are still many people alive.
01:03 Others were carried by a helicopter to the hospital.
01:07 In the last report of the MDRRM in Maco,
01:12 eleven people have died, 31 were injured,
01:15 six hundred and ten people have died.
01:17 More than a thousand families were affected by the landslide
01:20 from the barangays of Masara, Mainit, Ilezalde and Tagbaros.
01:24 The Mines and Geosciences Bureau 11 is investigating
01:27 if the residents were able to return to their homes.
01:29 The PDRRMO Davao de Oro clarified that the mining activity in the landslide was not affected.
01:35 The saturation of the soil is really high.
01:39 That is the reason why the land can loosen.
01:46 According to the UP Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards or NOAA,
01:50 the strongest rainfall from January 31 to February.
01:54 The town of Maco is also included in the flood warning forecast of NOAA
01:58 for January 30 and the location of the barangay Masara where the landslide happened.
02:04 The landslide is really prone based on the hazard assessment map of NOAA.
02:09 It was also said that a landslide occurred there in 2008
02:12 where 24 people were affected.
02:16 The first part of the mountain in this picture was in the same part of the mountain
02:20 that was hit by the landslide on Tuesday in Mawab Davao de Oro.
02:23 The Vice President Sara Duterte visited the more than 700 families affected by the landslide.
02:29 The residents will stay in evacuation centers
02:38 while assessing if their homes are still safe.
02:43 Atom.
02:44 Thank you very much. This is Tony Humamil of GMA Regional TV, One Mindanao.
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