Overview
- Local officials report at least 38 people missing after a garbage landslide buried a recycling facility and nearby homes in Cebu City.
- Mayor Nestor Archival said at least 12 people were rescued from the debris and taken to hospitals.
- Rescue teams searched through the night for those unaccounted for as unstable conditions complicated operations.
- Most of the missing are workers from the landfill and recycling plant, and simple residential structures were partially buried.
- The incident echoes a 2000 Quezon City disaster that spurred stricter rules widely seen as unevenly enforced across the Philippines.