Nearby Landslide Killing Over 100…
Kibungan Village, Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines — Haven’t yet taken a rest after helping in the rescue a few meters away from our apartment, a more disturbing news had reached us… The disaster had happened the same night when the landslide a few meters away from us killed over 20 people.
What used to be a scenic view has now been buried by an enormous mudslide swallowing up the entire Kibungan village where over 40 houses and buildings were crashed, buried, and washed away.
This village is a few hundred meters away from our residence. In fact the massive landslide can be viewed from our porch. (Click to enlarge photo at the left.)
With building debris and floating crashed cars all around, the village’s original state is unimaginable.
What has been more grievous is to discover that more than 100 people have been killed. An entire family of 4, a family of 5, and even a family of 8 of no survivors would leave you speechless.
No words would even describe how it would feel when you look at an unearthed mother with her baby and kids around her arms all stiffened and lifeless.
Hundreds of families have been evacuated at the nearby elementary school.
Moving around the rooms of the school building would leave you breathless with almost each room housing a family who were lamenting over their loved one’s coffin.
For the first time in many decades, La Trinidad a major tourist spot which is dubbed as the salad bowl of the Northern Philippines, is now a picture of tragedy, grief, and silence…
