Naga City Mayor Kristine Chiong says that the area hit by the Landslide is “near” in a quarry site. The landslide happened on September 20, 2018 early in the morning triggered by days of heavy rainfall.
As its latest update in Naga City Police Station they said that the death rose to 56 deaths, 47 missing and 897 families affected. Police also said that there were 24 or more houses that is “completely covered” by the huge landslide. The DSWD and the Office of the President will give P45,000 to each of the families of those who died from the landslide. Those injured were given P10,000 each.
President Rodrigo Duterte visited the victims of landslide last friday. Duterte said “I was saddened by what happened. What you are going through is not simple. It’s really painful because many people died.” He feels pity to those family who are affected and he promised to help them from the tragedy. The medical needs of the victims are attended to, and funeral and burial assistance to all the victims are provided.
Its such a breathtaking for every Filipinos seeing this kind of situation. Its not easy but we must accept and we must keep moving, life must go on. Because of the tragedy many lives were lost and dreams. Many families feels so hopeless and they don’t know how to deal with life again. Maybe its a trial for those who are still alive from the said tragedy, we all know it’s hard to accept but we can never get back the lives that is already lost. We just have to trust and keep praying to our Almighty Father because everything happened for a reason.
We only realized things when its gone. We must enjoy life, we must give importance to our lives until were breathing because we don’t know when is the ending of our lives. And to prevent this tragedy again, people that are living in a prone area must prepare and keep seeking of information.
MARY FRETCH 