Philippines to scale down search for missing in landslides and flood caused by storm Megi


Rescue workers carry a body bag containing a resident's dead body, victim of a landlside that slammed Pilar village in Abuyog town, Leyte province on April 14, 2022, after the village was struck by landslide on April 12, due to heavy rains brought about by tropical Storm Megi. - AFP

MANILA, April 19 (dpa): Philippine emergency teams will scale down the search for more than 100 people missing in landslides, halting rescue operations in all but one site, officials said Tuesday.

The landslides devastated communities in Baybay City and Abuyog town in Leyte province, 599 kilometres south-east of Manila, one of 30 provinces battered by storm Megi last week.

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