SINKHOLE SWALLOWS BOARDING HOUSE IN BENGUET

ITOGON, Benguet: At least 78 families were left homeless after a sinkhole opened up in Batuang Road in Virac, Itogon, in Benguet and swallowed a boarding house on Thursday afternoon a day after Typhoon Lando left the country.

According to a certain Mary Ann, one of the boarders, she was at the window of the house when she saw an avocado tree across Batuang Road suddenly disappear around 4:30 p.m.

She then heard a strange, rumbling sound coming from the ground. Sensing danger she immediately ran outside as sghe alerted other residents to fee.

In 15 minutes, the house sank in the

PHOTO FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE Aerial view of a deep sinkhole that opened up in Itogon, Benguet, in the aftermath of Typhoon ‘Lando’.