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  • 2/7/2024
Rescue operations are underway after a landslide in a southern Philippines province buried homes and two buses, killing at least six people and injuring 31, officials said on Wednesday (Feb 7).

The landslide on Tuesday (Feb 6) night struck outside a gold mining site in the town of Maco, in the province of Davao de Oro, where the buses were picking up employees, 

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00:00 Rescue operations are underway after a landslide in a southern Philippines province buried
00:08 homes and two buses, killing at least six people and injuring 31, according to officials
00:13 on Wednesday.
00:14 The landslide on Tuesday night struck outside a gold mining site in the town of Mako in
00:20 the province of Davao de Oro, where the buses were picking up employees.
00:24 On Wednesday, 62 Apex Mining employees were accounted for, while the whereabouts of 45
00:30 other employees were still being traced, according to the company.
00:34 More than 700 families in affected areas have been evacuated.
00:38 A northeast monsoon and a trough of low pressure had brought rains to the southern Mindanao
00:43 region, resulting in deadly floods and landslides.
00:47 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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