Davao de Oro tragedy kills 90 as authorities retrieve more bodies

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MORE BODIES FOUND. Urban Search and Rescue teams from the 525th Engineer Combat Battalion and the 51st Engineer Brigade of the Philippine Army carry away more bodies found at the landslide in Barangay Masara, Davao de Oro on Sunday. Rescuers are racing against time to save 71 individuals still missing after the massive landslide on Feb. 6. PA Photo

According to Lea Añora, head of the Management of Dead and Missing unit, they have so far conducted 48 antemortem data collection, processed 73 postmortem examinations, and released 39 death certificates. The landslide occurred near a mining village last Feb. 6 following days of heavy rains in the Davao region. It affected at least four neighborhoods, burying some houses, a barangay hall, and the terminal of a bus company.

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