Family of four dies in Ifugao landslide

BANAUE, Ifugao – Four members of a family, including three children perished after a landslide struck their residence Tuesday afternoon in Banaue, Ifugao as typhoon Rosita lashed Northern Luzon.

The landslide was reported at around 1:30 p.m. in Sitio Higib, Barangay Battad, Banaue, Ifugao, amid strong rains, spawned by ‘Rosita’.

The fatalities were identified as Baltazar Pinnay, 48 and his three children, Rydbell,8; Rhezel,10 and Rexibelle 12.

His wife and four other children were spared as they were at a neighbor’s house when the landslide occurred.

Councilor Orland Addug said residents in the area helped retrieve the bodies of the casualties.

The Banaue Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRRMC) said that rescue personnel were conducting road clearing operations at Kinakin-Ducligan road when the incident happened but did not receive information on the incident early enough due to poor communications signals