4 dead in Ifugao landslides
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—Four people, including an eight-month-old boy, were killed when landslides triggered by heavy rains dumped by Typhoon Pedring (international name: Nesat) buried their homes in two villages in Hingyon, Ifugao, Governor Eugene Balitang said Wednesday.
Balitang said in a text message to the Inquirer that the landslides occurred in the villages of Umalbong and Mompolia.
He said officials in Hingyon could not say when exactly the landslides occurred because of communication problems, but he said it could have happened between Tuesday night and early Wednesday as information he received showed that it was dark when mud and rocks buried the houses of two families.
He identified the fatalities as Ryan Nanglegan, 12, and Angelie Gano, 8, both of Barangay Umalbong; and Linda Humiding, 45, and her eight-month old grandson, in Barangay Mompolia.
