MANILA, Philippines — Search and rertrieval operations are underway for missing miners who may have been buried at a mining shelter in Itogon, Benguet during the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong (international name Mangkhut) over the weekend. According to a report from The STAR, the operations are still ongoing at a landslide site in Barangay Ucab in Itogon. As of Sunday evening, 43 bodies have been recovered from the landslide site, according to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque. Search and retrieval operations for missing miners still ongoing at a landslide site in Barangay Ucab in Itogon, Benguet. The building — a former mining bunkhouse that had been turned into a chapel — was obliterated when part of a mountain slope collapsed.

Source: Philippine Star September 17, 2018 01:18 UTC