Little Kibungan tragedy

At least 50 bodies were retrieved from Little Kibungan alone, where 100 residents were
reported missing after loose soil slipped down the slopes covering 36 houses on
hillsides last October 8, 2009.

Rescue workers retrieve a body from landslide-hit barangay Crescencia of Baguio City. More than 200
bodies have already been recovered from Baguio City and Benguet province.

Local officials of La Trinidad claimed that there are at least 150 residents in the village.

The recorded casualties in nearby Buyagan, La Trinidad are seven dead; Itogon, six
dead; Mankayan, 17 dead, 28 injured, and 21 missing; Tublay, seven dead, six injured
and one missing; and Atok, two dead, according to the CRDCC's report.

In densely populated Baguio City, where communities of shanties appear stacked on

steep hillsides, 53 people were killed when landslides toppled homes in 10 barangays.

In Barangay Crescencia, located near the city's downtown district, 12 were killed when a
section of Bokawkan Road collapsed on Thursday. In Barangay Irisan, 11 bodies were
recovered and one reported missing. Eight more bodies were retrieved in Lower Kitma
along Marcos highway.
 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide

On February 17, 2006, a massive rock slide-debris avalanche occurred in the

Philippine province of Southern Leyte, causing widespread damage and loss of life. The
deadly landslide (or debris flow) followed a 10-day period of heavy rain and a minor
earthquake (magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale). The official death toll was 1,126.

At around 10:30 on February 17, 2006, a cliff face of a ridge straddling the Philippine
Fault collapsed in a combination rockslide-debris mass movement event, translocating
and subsequently burying Guinsaugon village in the town of Saint Bernard. Up to ten
smaller landslides had occurred within the previous week in the vicinity of St. Bernard,
but Guinsaugon was the worst-hit community.

View of the Southern Leyte rockslide-debris avalanche toe

Among the worst of the tragedies was the burial of the local elementary school, located
nearest to the mountain ridge, as the landslide occurred when school was in session
and full of children. Provincial Governor Rosette Lerias said at the time the school had
246 students and seven teachers; only a child and an adult were rescued immediately
after the disaster transpired. About 80 women who participated in the celebration of the
fifth anniversary of the Guinsaugon Women's Health Association were also lost in the
landslide.

Lerias said that although several residents had left the area the week before due to the
fear of landslides, several of them had returned when the rains had eased.
Philippine congressman Roger Mercado of Southern Leyte claimed in a
Reuters interview that logging and mining done in the area three decades ago was the
main culprit. Dave Petley, professor at the International Landslide Centre, Durham
University, told the BBC that the causes Congressman Mercado mentioned, if proven
true, created a "dangerous combination" that produced a "classic landslide scenario".

However, local government officials and eyewitnesses say that the area was well
forested and the governor's office said that deforestation logging activities were not the
causal factor.

Experts did agree that torrential rains lasting two weeks before the mudslide was the
main cause for the disaster. Rainfall amounting to over 2,000 millimetres (79 in) in ten
days loosened the soil so much that the resulting sludge and rocks thundered down the
slopes of nearby Mount Can-abag, virtually disintegrating it. The La Nia weather
phenomenon was blamed for the non-stop rains that occurred in the province, as well
as in the Caraga region, which is due south of Leyte. San Francisco, Agusan del
Sur mayor Carie Ladernora declared the state of calamity on her town by February 12,
2006.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded a magnitude 2.6

earthquake in Southern Leyte just prior to the landslide although the effects of this are
unclear.
 Landslides, flooding caused by Lando claim 5 lives in
Cordillera Region
(October 20, 2015)

Five people were confirmed dead due to landslides and flooding as heavy rains and
strong winds brought by Typhoon Lando continued to batter the Cordillera Region.

A 57-year-old farmer, Fernado Gumpad, was confirmed dead after he was covered by a
landslide near his farm in Bakun, Benguet.

Meantime, a fisherman identified as Ryan Tiglay, 24, was also reported dead in Abra.
Tiglay got swept by the strong current of Tineg River in Barangay Caganayan.
Search and rescue operations are still ongoing in the area.

In Ifugao, two individuals died after getting buried by a landslide on Monday (October
19). The victims have yet to be identified by disaster officials.

An employee of the Philex Mining Corporation also died while his three other fellow
mine workers were hurt after they were buried by a landslide at Skyline, Ampucao at
around 10:30 a.m. October 19.

Police identified the victim as Leonard Foken Pakuran, a regular employee of Philex
mines and a resident of Bontoc Village, in Ampucao, Itogon, Benguet. His wounded
companions were identified as Manuel Ujas, Kenard Lucas and Ricardo Wayaway - all
workers of Philex.

The Cordillera Region Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CRDRRMC)
has continuously advised the public to refrain from traveling and advised the public to
remain indoors as stormy weather with heavy rains and very strong wind is being felt
since October 19 morning.

The CRDRRMC also reported that from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on October 19 some 405.2
millimeters of rain have been recorded which according to weather forecasters at
Pagasa Baguio is already the equivalent of the average rainfall in Baguio City in a
month.

As a result of the heavy rains dumped in Baguio city and the region, heavy flooding was
also reported at the City Camp Lagoon, Burnham Park and major streets in the city
including Leonard Wood Road among other roads. A portion of the tent roof of SM
Baguio has also been blown away by the strong wind.

A citywide blackout was in Baguio and parts of Benguet due to very strong winds and
heavy rain that toppled electric poles.

Classes and work were suspended in all levels in Baguio City and Benguet Province
Tuesday (October 20) due to the continuing onslaught of Typhoon Lando in Northern
Luzon.

Acting Baguio City mayor Edison Bilog suspended classes last night in all levels in the
city while Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan also suspended classes in all levels in the
province. Both officials also suspended work at the city and provincial government
offices except for those working in CRDRRMC.

As of the latest PAGASA warning, storm warning Signal No. 2 is raised over all
Cordillera provinces of Apayao and Abra while Signal No. 1 is raised over Ifugao,
Benguet, Kalinga and Mt. Province.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development-CAR also reported some 1, 483
families affected by the typhoon comprising some 6,065 individuals.

Some 26 roads have been impassable as of 6 a.m. October 20 as monitored by the

Department of Public Works and Highways in the region due to landslides and flooding.
Of the roads leading to Baguio City, Kennon Road and the Benguet-Nueva Vizcaya
Road is closed to traffic due to numerous landslides.

In Baguio City, the Legarda Road, PMA Road and the PMA Military Cut-off Road were
closed due to toppled trees, which were cleared immediately.

Several roads were also closed due to landslides in Apayao, Benguet, Kalinga, Ifugao
and Mt. Province as clearing operations of the DPWH are ongoing.