(NUMBERS/DATA IN THIS STORY ARE BEING UPDATED)
Search, rescue, and retrieval operation continue in Maco, Davao de Oro where a landslide occurred in Barangay Masara evening on February 6, 2024.
The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) has released updates on a daily basis since operation began.
- Februar 16 (as of 7 p.m.): Deaths - 96; Missing - 18
- February 15: Deaths - 90; Missing - 37
- February 14 (as of 7 p.m.): Deaths - 85; Rescued - 32; Missing - 38
- February 13: Deaths - 67; Missing - 47
- February 12 (as of 7 a.m.): Deaths - 55; Rescued - 32
- February 11 (as of 7 p.m.): Deaths - 54; Rescued - 32; Missing - 63
- February 11 (as of 12 p.m.): Deaths - 37; Rescued - 32; Missing - 63
- February 10 (as of 6 p.m.): Deaths - 35; Rescued - 32; Missing - 77
- February 9 (as of 6 p.m.): Deaths - 27; Rescued - 32; Missing - 89
- February 8 (as of 4 p.m.): Deaths - 11; Rescued - 31; Missing - 110
- February 7 (as of 4:30 p.m.): Deaths - 7; Rescued - 31; Missing - 48
The provincial government has called on residents who may have family members missing to inform authorities so that data can be consolidated.
The province said is it important to enter the report in the blotter and have the information part of the Ante-Mortem Data Collection so that the family member(s) can be declared missing officially.
Residents can approach the Management of the Dead and the Missing (MDM) Person at the Incident Command Post (ICP) in Barangay Elizalde.
Residents will have to bring identification to prove they are relatives or family of the person(s) missing. They may also bring photos, ID cards or other documents that may prove the identity of the person(s) missing.
Up to 1,166 families have been evacuated and are taking shelter in four schools.
Earlier, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) expressed hope and optimism more will surface from the rubble alive.
“We are hopeful for that, hoping that there are still a lot of individuals na survivors, no, so we are just praying to God na meron pang maraming buhay,” said PDRRMO head Joseph Randy Loy.
