11 feared dead in N. Philippines landslide.MANILA, Nov. 10 Kyodo Military rescuer workers are searching for the bodies of at least 11 school children who were buried under a landslide landslide, rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow, as they walked home from school in the northern Philippines, a military report said Friday. The report said three were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in the incident that took place around 4 p.m. Wednesday. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the report, released Friday, a landslide occurred when two adjacent mountains eroded into the Apayao River Apayao River is a river in the Apayao Province of the Philippines. in Tuyangan village in Apayao Province about 375 kilometers north of Manila. The report said the eroded soil created a dam across the river that was 50 meters high and 50 meters wide. It added that two strong typhoons that swept the country recently may have softened the soil, causing it to slide. |
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