2 die in Cebu landslide

MANILA, Philippines — Two persons died when a landslide buried their respective houses in Sitio Lower Ponce, Barangay Capitol Site in Cebu City on Thursday night.

The Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) identified the fatalities as Elpedio Geraga, 64, and Juvelyn Sanipa, 31.

“It took nearly four hours to retrieve the bodies of the victims,” Nagiel Banacio of the CDRRMO said in a post on Facebook.

At least 20 other persons, including 12 children, were rescued and brought to a temporary shelter at the barangay hall.

The trough or extension of a low-pressure area spawned heavy rains in the city in the past three days. – Odessa Leyson/ The Freeman