The mud-caked bodies were dug up on Friday, bringing the death toll to 29 in the disaster that struck on Thursday. They were dug out by retrieval teams using a backhoe on Thursday night in a poignant scene witnessed by journalists. At least 10 bodies lie at the covered badminton court of Naga City, some 21.7 kilometers south of Cebu City. Message from belowCries for help from underneath some of the buried houses had led retrieval teams to some of the bodies. EvacuationPrior to the disaster, some residents evacuated when it started to rain on Wednesday night for fear of a landslide.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 21, 2018 21:45 UTC