At least two people were killed on Thursday, 12 were injured, and 35 are still missing after a landfill in the central Philippines collapsed and buried a village beneath an avalanche of garbage.
The incident occurred at the Binaliw Landfill near Cebu City at roughly 4:00 p.m. local time on Thursday. Employees at the landfill told local media the collapse of the landfill was swift and sudden, apparently caused by the immense weight of the piled garbage pressing against metal retaining walls. An initial investigation by city officials suggested the landfill might also have been weakened by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Cebu in…
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