CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Mournful cries of grief and pain reverberated in the village of Elizalde in Maco, Davao de Oro, where disaster responders set up camp. There, families anxiously awaited word about their relatives who went missing following a landslide on Tuesday, February 6.

Search and rescue workers are racing against time as they resumed their operations on Thursday morning, February 8, continuing to look for signs of life at the mining village of Masara in Maco town, Davao de Oro, where four dozen people remain missing after the environmental disaster.

At least 49 people were reported missing and feared buried in mud and rocks that devastated the community in Masara. As of 2:30 pm on Thursday, February 8, the town government counted three more retrieved bodies, bringing the death toll to 10, and 31 people injured.

The provincial government said there were 758 families who fled to evacuation centers in Maco town as of Wednesday afternoon.