NDRRMC: 1 killed, 4 missing in Bukidnon landslide

A woman was killed while four others were missing after a landslide occurred in a barangay in Kitaotao town in Bukidnon amid heavy rain last Tuesday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Friday.

 

In its report, the NDRRMC said the landslide occurred at Sitio Gupaco in Barangay Sinuda at 6 p.m. Tuesday, and destroyed a farm shanty there.

 

The NDRRMC identified the fatality as Laga Usanay, of Sitio Gupaco.

 

Missing area Moreno Usanay, 40; Aida Usanay, 37; Langga Usanay, 5; and Christopher Usanay, three months old.

 

Local rescue teams had started "search and retrieval" operations, the NDRRMC said. — Joel Locsin/RSJ, GMA News