DIGGING ON Rescuers search through mud and debris at the site of a landslide in Barangay Guisad Surong, Baguio City, on Monday, after several people were trapped following a landslide that buried three houses, killing at least six people, including children. Search and retrieval operations continued amid intermittent rain and unstable ground. —Contributed
MANILA, Philippines — The Baguio City Public Information Office (PIO) announced one more death in the devastating landslide in Brgy. Guisad Surong in Baguio City on the evening of Sunday, Aug. 9.
The said fatality, reported at 8 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, brought the death count to eight from the previous seven, which was recorded at 7 p.m.
Based on the latest tally released by the Baguio City PIO, out of the 13 occupants of the three houses hit by the landslide, only two remain missing, while three have been rescued.
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