Landslide kills 25 in Philippines
<p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="least">least</span> 25 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Philippines">Philippines</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="landslide">landslide</span> <span word="buried">buried</span> <span word="gold">gold</span> <span word="prospectors">prospectors</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="habitation">habitation</span>.</p><p><span word="Officials">Officials</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 150 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Mindanao">Mindanao</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="collapse">collapse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rain">rain</span>-<span word="soaked">soaked</span> <span word="hillside">hillside</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="settled">settled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="migrants">migrants</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="search">search</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="instant">instant</span> <span word="riches">riches</span>.</p><p><span word="Rescuers">Rescuers</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>-<span word="held">held</span> <span word="tools">tools</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> 25 <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="and">and</span> 15 <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rubble">rubble</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dawn">dawn</span> <span word="landslide">landslide</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Napnapan">Napnapan</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hamlet">hamlet</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 8,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pantukan">Pantukan</span>, <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="defense">defense</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="Benito">Benito</span> <span word="Ramos">Ramos</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="A">A</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="unit">unit</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="basically">basically</span> <span word="digging">digging</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="hands">hands</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Disaster">Disaster</span> <span word="Risk">Risk</span> <span word="Reduction">Reduction</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Management">Management</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="said">said</span> 150 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="transporting">transporting</span> 150 <span word="body">body</span> <span word="bags">bags</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="site">site</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="rain">rain</span> <span word="halted">halted</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span>.</p><p><span word="Local">Local</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="Colonel">Colonel</span> <span word="Lyndon">Lyndon</span> <span word="Paniza">Paniza</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="coordinating">coordinating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Pantukan">Pantukan</span>, <span word="about">about</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="rugged">rugged</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span> <span word="roads">roads</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="fatalities">fatalities</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span>-<span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50 <span word="shanties">shanties</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="landslide">landslide</span> <span word="buried">buried</span> <span word="a">a</span> 7,500-<span word="square">square</span>-<span word="meter">meter</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="slept">slept</span>, <span word="Paniza">Paniza</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="provincial">provincial</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="mining">mining</span> <span word="firms">firms</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="equipment">equipment</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="village">village</span>.</p>
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