President Rodrigo Roa Duterte consoles the bereaved families of landslide victims at the Provincial Capitol in La Trinidad, Benguet.
In a situation briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Harry Roque said that 43 casualties were recorded in Itogon, Benguet due to landslides triggered by heavy rains.
Typhoon Ompong, the strongest typhoon to hit this year, left several areas in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) submerged and caused multiple landslides.