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Landslide kills 2 in Antipolo (2:45 p.m.)

by Babel-Fish | July 31, 2009 at 07:15 am

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MANILA - Heavy rains have triggered a landslide that killed a 4-year-old girl and her
grandmother, a disaster-response official said.

Disaster-response administrator Joey Marco says two hours of rain loosened the ground and sent mud, rocks and debris crashing into a hillside house while the family was asleep in mountainous Antipolo city east of Manila.

He says the girl's pregnant mother survived Friday's pre-dawn landslide.

Tropical rains spread right across the Philippines, we here in Negros Oreintal have had heavy rain most of the day. Unfortunatly this landslide incident will not be a one off. Then there is the flash floods from the mountains.

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albertacowpoke

at 09:44 on July 31st, 2009

A four-year-old child and her 67-year-old grandmother were killed after a landslide caused by heavy rains hit their home in Antipolo City before dawn Friday.Radio dzBB's Roland Bola reported the body of the four-year-old, initially identified as Edralyn Rosimo, was retrieved from the wreckage of their residence at 4 a.m.Earlier retrieved was the body of her grandmother Conchita, 67. Edralyn's pregnant mother Rose, 30, was rushed to the Amang Rodriguez Medical Center for treatment.The landslide hit the victims' house in Tanglaw Village in Barangay San Isidro in Antipolo City.

The report said Rose was in stable condition as of Friday morning, but relatives would not immediately tell her about the deaths of her child and mother.

Meanwhile, dzBB's Denver Trinidad reported that flash floods affected some 70 houses in Barangay Silangan in San Mateo town in Rizal province.

No one was reported injured as the families were immediately evacuated.

Babel-Fish

at 10:13 on July 31st, 2009

It's still raining heavy here and its 2 in the morning, that means more flooding here in Dumaguete for sure.

Babel-Fish

at 19:32 on July 31st, 2009

Weather
Issued At: 5:00 a.m., 01 August 2009
(click here to download 5 a.m. Saturday, 01-Aug-2009 12:03:26 PHT forecast-Adobe PDF format)

Synopsis : At 4:00 AM today , Tropical Storm "JOLINA" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 310 km East of Casiguran, Aurora (16.6°N 125.4°E) with maximum sustained winds of 75 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is forecast to move West Northwest at 19 kph.

So far no more local reports on tragic events caused by the flooding hopefully there will not be

Babel-Fish

at 19:39 on July 31st, 2009

The sky here in Dumaguete City is full of dark clouds, its been raining most of the night. if this rain goes on we will see much flooding here and that's for sure.

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at 19:47 on July 31st, 2009

This once more shows we cannot control nature.

Babel-Fish

at 00:57 on August 1st, 2009

I have been told that two guys have been killed near here yesterday, at Valencia crossing a river and a guy with them washed down river and is now in hospital. This is word of mouth so I can not confirm it as yet. We have had four power cuts when a storm was over head. So far no bad flooding the river banks are holding.

beauxtoxus (not verified)

at 17:27 on September 26th, 2009

My friend sent me a message 12 hours ago. she said water was six feet deep in her apartment and she was upstairs in her landlady's room and was very scared. then phone went dead. am so afraid.