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On February 17, 2006, a massive rock slide-debris avalanche occurred in the Philippine province of Southern Leyte, causing widespread damage and loss of life. The deadly landslide (or debris flow ) followed a 10-day period of heavy rain and a minor earthquake (magnitude 2.6 on the moment magnitude scale ).
The landslide area had been declared a "no build zone" after prior landslides in 2007 and 2008 [31] that eroded the area, whose soil is made of remnants of a prehistoric volcanic eruption, and buried the original site of Barangay Masara. [32] It also added that the area where the landslide occurred was traversed by the Philippine Fault. [33]
The heavy rain caused Marikina River to swell, inundating areas also affected by Ketsana, triggering a landslide in the Commonwealth area, and collapsing the northbound Marcos Highway. Its damage was nearly as severe as Ketsana's, although the storm did not reach typhoon intensity when rains reached its peak on August 7. The floods and rain ...
Trami’s broad rainbands were expected to bring up to eight inches of rainfall in some areas and cause landslides and flooding. ... The Philippines is battered by nearly 20 storms and typhoons ...
At least 26 people were killed in the Philippines after a tropical storm caused widespread flooding and landslides. Most of the deaths were reported in the Bicol region where flash floods ...
MANILA, Philippines — Floods and a landslide killed at least seven people in the Philippines on Monday as Tropical Storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, dumped heavy rain on the capital Manila ...
This caused the evacuation of 8,200 people in the region. [8] By 6 January, Butuan and the Agusan del Sur towns of Bunawan and San Francisco, and Surigao del Sur were placed under state of calamity as additional seven deaths were recorded. Flood damage to government infrastructure in Caraga was at 141 million Philippine pesos [8] (US$3.2 million).
At least 77 bodies were recovered in the rescue operations. A total of 2,087 families or 8,655 persons have been affected by the landslide. [7] An actual video of the landslide was recorded on CCTV camera. [1] On the afternoon of September 21, President Rodrigo Duterte visited the landslide victims and mourned the deaths caused by the disaster ...