National officials in charge of disaster management arrive in stricken Abuyog town where debris covers 80% of Barangay Pilar, a coastal village of 100 households.
The death toll from landslides and floods spawned by tropical storm Agaton in Baybay City and Abuyog town, Leyte rose to at least 118, officials said on Thursday, April 14.
The city government said 15 children were among the 52 residents hospitalized for injuries sustained during the April 11 disaster. Ten other injured kids were allowed to recover at home, the city added. The Abuyog landslide came on the second day of flooding as the local government was trying to get through blocked roads to evacuate stranded residents.Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, Executive Director of the NDRRMC, Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista of DSWD, and Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV from the Office of Civil Defense, visited stricken Abuyog and joined Bureau of Fire Protection Region 8 officers who have conducted aerial reviews of the disaster sight.
The BFP Eastern Visayas showed some members of the visiting teams carrying bodies recovered from the shoreline and gullies created by the landslide.
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