NDRRMC: 1 killed as heavy rain triggers rockslide, landslide in Marinduque

A 75-year-old woman was killed in a rockslide caused by heavy rain in Marinduque province Tuesday afternoon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday.

In its report, the NDRRMC identified the fatality as Susana Frias Peralta, a resident of Barangay Buangan in Torrijos town in Marinduque.

The NDRRMC said the rockslide occurred at about 3 p.m. in Barangay Buangan.

Also, it said a minor landslide in the same area rendered some roads there impassable.

Personnel from the provincial engineering office are on standby for clearing operations. — LBG, GMA News