Philippines: Baby girl miraculously survives after nearly 60 hours buried by landslide

A young girl was pulled from the rubble on February 9 after being buried for nearly 60 hours in a landslide that killed at least 11 people and left more than 100 missing in a village in the southern Philippines earlier this week.

Philippine rescuers search for missing people. Photo: DAILY TRIBUNE

Speaking to reporters, Edward Macapili, a disaster response official in Davao de Oro province, said rescuers in Masara village on Mindanao island found the girl while using shovels and their bare hands to search for victims. Macapili said finding the girl alive after nearly 60 hours buried was a “miracle” that gave hope to rescuers. Rescuers are still racing against time to find survivors under thick layers of mud.

Landslides are a frequent hazard in the Philippines due to mountainous terrain, heavy rainfall and widespread deforestation from mining, slash-and-burn agriculture and illegal logging.

The landslide occurred on the evening of February 6, destroying many houses and burying three buses and a passenger van waiting to pick up workers from a gold mine. Heavy rains have been pouring down on many areas of Mindanao island for weeks, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/philippines-be-gai-song-sot-than-ky-sau-gan-60-gio-bi-vui-lap-do-lo-dat-post726323.html