1 dead, 4 missing in Philippine landslide
Posted: 11 September 2010 1604 hrs



A boy punts his way across a flooded area on the outskirts of Manila.




MANILA : A landslide triggered by heavy rain killed one
person and left four others missing in the southern Philippines, police and
rescuers said on Saturday.

Six other people were injured and more than
200 were forced to flee their homes when the landslip dislodged several houses
near Koronadal City late Friday, said regional police spokesman Chief Inspector
Jomar Alexis Yap.

"The village has been ordered evacuated," Yap told
reporters by telephone.

The social welfare ministry is caring for 70
families, in total more than 200 people, who sought refuge at a nearby school,
he added.

Rescuers have retrieved one body and are still looking for the
four people missing from the village, which is located at the foot of a
mountain, the civil defence office said.

Flashfloods damaged six other
houses and displaced about 210 other people in other areas of Koronadal and the
nearby town of Tupi, the government agency said. - AFP/wk/ms

Upon reading this article, i felt very appreaciate that Singapore rarely faces these kind of problems, in fact, i don't remember Singapore ever having a landslide, by most was the flood that happened not long before at Orchard Road. However, i also felt sad for the families who had to flee their houses, but it was comforting to know that the social welfare is caring for the families. & i also hope that the four missing people would be found soon.