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A disaster-relief official says dozens of landslides in the rain-soaked mountains of the northern Philippines have killed an estimated 100 people.Olive Luces, civil defense director for the Cordillera mountain region, says four major mudslides struck late Thursday, burying almost an entire village in La Trinidad town in Benguet province.
Pangasinan provincial Vice Gov. Marlyn Premicias said she was getting frantic text messages from residents asking to be rescued, adding ‘Eastern Pangasinan has become one big river.’Rains and water discharged late Thursday night from a dam in Pangasinan inundated 30 out of 46 towns along the Agno River in the coastal province, said Boots Velasco, the province’s information officer.’There was really heavy rain, so water had to be released from the dam, otherwise it would have been more dangerous,’ said the government’s chief forecaster Nathaniel Cruz. ‘Even our office was flooded and our staff had to move to the rooftop. It’s near the river that they were monitoring.Heavy army trucks could not penetrate the area and Premicias appealed for helicopters and boats to move people out of danger.
Pangasinan provincial Vice Gov. Marlyn Premicias said she was getting frantic text messages from residents asking to be rescued, adding ‘Eastern Pangasinan has become one big river.’Rains and water discharged late Thursday night from a dam in Pangasinan inundated 30 out of 46 towns along the Agno River in the coastal province, said Boots Velasco, the province’s information officer.’There was really heavy rain, so water had to be released from the dam, otherwise it would have been more dangerous,’ said the government’s chief forecaster Nathaniel Cruz. ‘Even our office was flooded and our staff had to move to the rooftop. It’s near the river that they were monitoring.Heavy army trucks could not penetrate the area and Premicias appealed for helicopters and boats to move people out of danger.
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