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Rescuers retrieve one body from Baguio landslide; search continues for 3 missing


Rescuers were able to retrieve one body from a landslide in Barangay Lucnab in Baguio City, a local official said.

The victim belonged to a family of three, Julius Santos, operations officer of the Baguio Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB on Saturday.

Operations are still ongoing to find two other members of the family, he said.

"Nu'ng kasagsagan po ng bagyo [Typhoon Ompong] dito sa may part ng Lucnab, may isang family dito composed of three na naging missing. As of now, na-recover, na-retrieve 'yung isa sa kanila," Santos said.

A separate search, rescue, and retrieval operation is also ongoing in Loakan, he said. 

Rescuers are searching for one missing person believed buried in a landslide in Loakan that occurred due to Typhoon Ompong (international name: Mangkhut). —KG, GMA News

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