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NDRRMC Update: SitRep No 10 re Landslide Incident in Pantukan, Compostela Valley

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Casualties (Tab A)

Dead 38 (36 identified) Injured 16 (9 identified) Missing 37

II. ACTIONS TAKEN (deployed assets by agency)

NATIONAL

NDRRMC Executive Director and OCD Administrator USEC Benito T Ramos together with RDRRMC-XI Dir. Liza R. Mazo and staff extended financial assistance to the families of the dead victims at the Saint Theresa Funeral Homes in Mabini, Compostela Valley and at Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City for the injured victims

DRRMCs

MDRRMC Pantukan convened and discussed the following matters:

  • Shift from SEARCH AND RESCUE TO RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS
  • Relocation of families living along hazard areas
  • PhP5,000.00 burial assistance

Forced evacuation was enforced by local government to families who are staying in landslide area and six houses were demolished

Search and retrieval operations is still ongoing