2 dead as tree falls on shanty amid heavy rains in North Cotabato
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KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato, Philippines — Two persons – including a five-month-old child – died when a huge mango tree, uprooted by strong wind amid heavy rains, fell on a shanty in Midsayap, North Cotabato on Saturday, reports the police released on Sunday said.
Superintendent Renante de los Santos, Midsayap police chief, said Teresita Amorillo, 57, and her grandchild, Francis Tubal, were pinned to death by the huge tree that crashed into the shanty in Barangay (village) Salunayan around 5:30 p.m.
Another man, who had sought refuge at the hut amid the heavy downpour, was wounded in the accident, he said.
The man was safe and recuperating at a hospital as of Sunday, Delos Santos said.
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