Earth Watch Report - Landslide
Leyte Geothermal Field, Philippines 2009
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Landslide in Philippines on Sunday, 03 March, 2013 at 04:59 (04:59 AM) UTC.
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| Five workers were killed and nine others trapped in a landslide at a construction site in the eastern Philippines, police said yesterday. The victims were building anti-erosion railings on the side of a highland road in Kananga town in Leyte province, 540 kilometres south-east of Manila, when a mountain of soil collapsed on them, said police Senior Inspector Antonio Angcay. Steam pipes also exploded when hit by the landslide, which occurred after days of heavy rains, he said. The five bodies were recovered immediately after the accident on Friday, but efforts to rescue the nine trapped workers were hampered by heavy rain, Angcay said. |
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Just going over all my emails here so sorry for all the replies at once.
But “Woah” that is some crack in the road!!
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I was lucky enough to find a photo of what some of the fields looked like before the landslide and storms. Quite an impressive mess, sadly all the men died from what I understand.
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