Landslide threat prompts re-evacuation of Camarines Sur village
A man pushes his motorcycle along floodwaters brought by Typhoon Hagupit in Camarines Sur province, eastern Philippines Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. AP
PASACAO, Camarines Sur—Some 55 families living on a narrow spit of land sandwiched between the sea and a hill in the village of Sta. Rosa del Sur had to be re-evacuated Monday due to fears of a possible landslide.
Pasacao Mayor Niño Tayco said the families went back to their homes on Monday morning but had to return to the evacuation center as a small portion of a steep hill above a row of houses gave way, sending a boulder rolling down near one of the houses.
Tayco said no one was hurt.
He recalled that on Nov.7, 1988, 18 families were buried in the same place by a landslide after days of heavy rain.
Pasacao town faces Masbate, where Typhoon “Ruby” made its second landfall on Sunday evening.
Tayco said there was minimal damage due to the typhoon even though rains continued intermittently on Monday.
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