Philippines Landslide: 35 Deaths, 77 Missing

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Manila: The death toll in a massive landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province in the southern Philippines has climbed to 35 from 27, with 77 others remaining missing, authorities said on Sunday.

The Maco municipal government said 32 people have been rescued from the landslide, which occurred Tuesday night near a mining site in Maco town and buried several houses and vehicles, including two buses that ferry miners to the site.

Search and retrieval operations have been continuing to find the missing villagers buried under mud, rocks, and trees that rolled down from the mountainside.