Earthquake death toll in Abra climbs to 6
Scenes following a landslide along Halsema Highway in Mountain Province after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Langilang town in Abra on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.| PHOTO: Mountain Province DRRM Office
BAGUIO CITY — Another death has been recorded in the province of Abra following the magnitude 7 earthquake that hit northern Luzon on July 27, authorities said Thursday, Aug. 4.
The victim, Dario Sario, 59, was buried under a hut when the heavy rain and an aftershock triggered a landslide at Barangay Wayangan in Tubo town on Tuesday at 7:53 p.m.
His death brought the number of earthquake-related fatalities in the province to six.
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