A rescuer rappels down the site where victims are believed to have been buried by a landslide set off by Typhoon Mangkhut as it lashed across Itogon, Benguet province, northern Philippines on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. A Philippine police officer who persuaded villagers to move to safety as Typhoon Mangkhut menacingly approached says they did not seem alarmed and refused to follow, with some smiling, a day before the powerful storm set off a huge landslide that buried dozens of the villagers. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
ITOGON: A Philippine police officer who tried to persuade residents of a mining camp to move to safety as a powerful typhoon approached said they refused to leave, and a day later the storm triggered a huge landslide that buried dozens of people.
Police Senior Inspector Heherson Zambale said on Tuesday that he was stunned to learn that the massive landslide had covered a chapel and bunkhouses in the mountain village, where he and other officials had met with some of the victims a day before the tragedy struck on Saturday.
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