Philippines: Girl miraculously survives nearly 60 hours buried in landslide

A young girl was pulled from the rubble on February 9 after being buried for nearly 60 hours in a landslide that killed at least 11 people and left more than 100 missing in a village in the southern Philippines earlier this week.

Philippine rescuers search for missing people. Photo: DAILY TRIBUNE

Rescuers in Masara village on Mindanao island found the girl after using shovels and their bare hands to search for victims, Edward Macapili, a disaster response official in Davao de Oro province, told reporters. Macapili called the discovery of the girl alive after nearly 60 hours of being buried a “miracle” that gave hope to rescuers. Rescuers are racing against time to find survivors under thick layers of mud.

Landslides are a frequent hazard in the Philippines due to mountainous terrain, heavy rainfall, and widespread deforestation from mining, slash-and-burn agriculture, and illegal logging.

The landslide occurred on the evening of February 6, destroying several houses and burying three buses and a passenger van waiting to pick up workers from a gold mine. Heavy rains have pounded many areas of Mindanao island for weeks, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/philippines-be-gai-song-sot-than-ky-sau-gan-60-gio-bi-vui-lap-do-lo-dat-post726323.html