A police officer in the Philippines who tried to persuade residents of a mining camp to move to safety as a powerful typhoon approached said Tuesday they refused to leave, and a day later the storm triggered a huge landslide that buried dozens of people. Typhoon Mangkhut, the most powerful storm to hit the Philippines this year, left at least 74 people dead and dozens of others missing, mostly in the avalanche in the gold-mining town of Itogon in Benguet province. A villager officer who accompanied Zambale used a megaphone to warn people that Mangkhut was extraordinarily powerful and everybody should leave, he said. “We won’t lose hope, until they’ve found the body”: Relatives of missing miners wait for news after Typhoon Mangkhut landslide in Philippines. Rescuers have recovered 14 bodies from the avalanche and at least 58 other people remain missing, a local official says.

Source: CBC News September 18, 2018 18:11 UTC