On October 31, local officials said at least 105 people died in the Philippines due to landslides on the Nalgae bypass. Nearly two million others are also facing flooding in some provinces in the Philippines.
At least 53 of the 105 deaths were from Maguindanao province, in an out post-Chongqing province. This place has become muddy due to unusually heavy rains caused by Typhoon Nalgae. The storm entered the South China Sea on October 30, leaving traces of devastation over a large area of the archipelago, the AP reported.
Rescue forces with bulldozers and steaming dogs continue to search for victims of the storm in the village of Kusiong, south of Maguindanao province, where the earthquake occurred.
The government's disaster response agency said at least 98 people have died from the storm and seven other deaths were reported by three provincial governors. At least 69 people were injured and 63 others are still missing.
About 1.9 million people have been affected by the storm, including more than 975,000 people who have fled to evacuation centers or taken shelter at relatives' homes.
At least 4,100 homes and 16,260 hectares of rice and other crops were damaged by floodwaters. Currently, the Philippines is facing a food crisis due to disrupted global supply, the storm that destroyed the crop has made this situation worse.
The number of officially missing people may increase, as there may be cases where the entire family may have been buried and no longer have a living member to provide names and detailed information to authorities.
The storm Nalgae has canceled nearly 200 domestic and international flights, Manila's international airport has been closed for a short time amid stormy weather and trips in stormy waters banned by the coastguard, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at the airport.
A history of sadness
The disaster in Kusiong - home to a majority of ethnic minorities Teduray - is particularly catastrophic because more than 2,000 villagers here have conducted annual disaster drills for decades to cope with the Tsunami. But in the end, they were buried by rocks and soil from Minandar Mountain, where they built their village.
When people heard the warning bell, they ran and gathered at a church on a high ground, Naguib Sinarimbo, interior minister of the state capitalsamoro, told AP.
The problem was not a Tsunami attack but a large amount of water and mud from the mountain, he added.
In August 1976, an 8.1-magnitude earthquake and Tsunami in Moro Bay occurred at midnight, killing thousands of people and devastating coastal provinces. This is one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of the Philippines.
Located between Moro Bay and Minandar Mountain, 446 meters high, Kusiong village is one of the places most severely affected by the disaster in 1976 The village will never forget the tragedy and the elderly who survived the Tsunami have passed on the horror story to their children and grandchildren, warning them to always prepare mentally.
Every year, villagers organize drills to fight against sunflowers. The villagers were even taught about the sound of a large wave approaching, based on the memories of those who survived the Tsunami. However, they do not focus on the dangers from the edge of the mountain, said Naguib Sinarimbo.
More than 100 rescue workers from the military, police and volunteers from other provinces arrived in Kusiong on October 29, but could not dig at the church site because the mud was still soft.
A video provided by the Coast Guard to the media shows some of the force helping to search for buried bodies in Kusiong by pinning long wooden sticks into a thick, light brown layer of mud.
