Manila: Atleast 58 people were killed in the landslide and floods that hit the central and southern Philippines after a summer tropical depression unleashed days of pounding rain with nearly 28 others missing, officials said Tuesday.
More than 100 villagers were injured in landslides in the hard-hit city of Baybay in central Leyte province over the weekend and early Monday, officials said. Army, police and other rescuers were struggling with mud and unstable heaps of earth and debris to find the missing villagers.
Three people were also killed in the central province of Negros Oriental and three on the main southern island of Mindanao, according to the national disaster agency.
Search operations for survivors in Pilar village have resumed. In central Cebu city, schools and work were suspended Monday and Mayor Michael Rama declared a state of calamity to allow the rapid release of emergency funds.
Ms Kalinga