Dozens Buried In Philippine Landslide As China Counts Cost Of Typhoon Mangkhut
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published September 17, 2018 | 09:30 PM
Philippine rescuers on Monday searched desperatelyfor dozens feared buried under a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut, which also left a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and saw millions evacuated in southern China.
Itogon, Philippines, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Sep, 2018 ) :Philippine rescuers on Monday searched desperatelyfor dozens feared buried under a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut, which also left a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and saw millions evacuated in southern China.
The confirmed death toll across the northern Philippines, where the main island of Luzon was mauled by fierce winds and rain, reached 65 and was expected to rise further given the number of missing.
Four more were killed in China's southern province of Guangdong.
Searchers used shovels and bare hands to dig through mounds of rocky soil in the northern Philippine mountain town of Itogon, where 11 bodies have been pulled from the rubble and dozens more may still be trapped after a landslide buried an emergency shelter.
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