This handout photo courtesy of Angelica Villarta taken on Dec 27, 2022 shows residents surveying damage caused by heavy rain and floods in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental. - AFP
MANILA (AFP): Four people died in the southern Philippines after being hit by a landslide, authorities said Thursday (Dec 29), taking the nationwide death toll from recent rains to at least 39.
Rescuers were still searching for more than two dozen other people missing after heavy downpours over the Christmas weekend caused flooding and landslides across central and southern regions.
