Civilian volunteers and local responders carry the remains of one of the fatalities in a landslide that occurred in Barnagay Ngingir, Calanogas, Lanao del Sur before dawn Friday, July 10. (Photo courtesy PRO-BAR)

ILIGAN CITY – Authorities suspended the search and rescue operations for missing persons following a pre-dawn landslide in Calanogas, Lanao del Sur on Friday, triggered by heavy rains.

Colonel Cezar P. Cabuhat, police provincial director of Lanao del Sur, told the Inquirer by phone that rescuers were hampered by lack of lighting facilities.

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Cabuhat said the operation will resume on Saturday morning.FEATURED STORIES