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Philippines, Landslide in Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines
Event Date : Sat, 06 Oct 2018
AHADID : AHA-LS-2018-000273-PHL | GLIDE Number :

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Zamboanga del Sur

Description

undreds of bus passengers were stranded for 2 1/2 hours along the highway in Barangay Lacupayan, Tigbao town, Zamboanga del Sur after heavy rain caused a landslide on Saturday afternoon. Engineer Francisco Maca, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (PDRRM) officer, told the Inquirer that trips of passenger buses and other vehicles plying the Pagadian City to Zamboanga City route halted at 2:30 p.m. after the landslide rendered the highway impassable. There were no fatalities or casualties due to this incident, and traffic resumed again at 5 p.m., after the road was cleared of mud and debris.

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