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Landslips kill at least 4 in northern Philippines

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · · 289 words · By AFP
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What to know about Landslips kill at least 4 in northern Philippines

Landslips in the Philippines killed four people, authorities said on Thursday (August 6, 2026), as heavy rains driven by a tropical depression raked the country's north and forced school closures.

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What happened

Landslips in the Philippines killed four people, authorities said on Thursday (August 6, 2026), as heavy rains driven by a tropical depression raked the country's north and forced school closures.

Why it matters

The archipelago nation's main island Luzon has been battered by heavy rains over the past four days.

Common ground

Government offices and schools were ordered closed in the capital and across a swathe of northern provinces due to the rain.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “heavy rains driven by a tropical depression raked the country's north and forced school closures”
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The Straits Times and another news source confirm that heavy rains driven by a tropical depression hit the north and forced school closures.
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web search NEUTRAL — The tropics are the region of Earth surrounding the equator, where the Sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropics
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web search NEUTRAL — With our deliciously tropical twist on fresh-from-the-blender smoothies and freshly made wraps and flatbreads, eating fruits and veggies has never been this much fun.
https://www.tropicalsmoothiecafe.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of TROPICAL is of, relating to, occurring in, or suitable for use in the tropics. How to use tropical in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical
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Claim 2: “The country's national disaster agency separately confirmed two others had been killed in a landslip in neighbouring Rizal province the day before.”
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While the main article claims two people died in Rizal province on August 5, the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the number '2' and José Rizal, providing no corroboration or contradiction of the event.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (Spanish: [xoˈse riˈsal, -ˈθal], Tagalog: [hoˈse ɾiˈsal]; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Rizal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rizal Monument (Filipino: Bantayog ni José Rizal; originally known as Motto Stella, Latin for "guiding star") is a memorial in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines, built to commemorate the executed Fi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizal_Monument
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Filipino nationalist and author José Rizal was arrested and put on trial in late 1896 by Spanish authorities in Manila in the wake of the Philippine Revolution that started in August that year. Rizal …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_and_execution_of_José_Ri…
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Claim 3: “Landslips in the Philippines killed four people, authorities said on Thursday (August 6, 2026)”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Straits Times and another web result) explicitly state that landslides killed four people in the northern Philippines on August 6, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands, with a total area o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the Philippines' representatives and their placements at the Big Four beauty pageants. The Philippines, widely considered a beauty pageant powerhouse, has won in all four pageants, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_at_the_Big_Four_be…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Miss Philippines is a part of Miss Universe Philippines beauty pageant and a culture and heritage organization that selects the Philippines' official representative to international pageants inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miss_Philippines
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Claim 4: “Government offices and schools were ordered closed in the capital and across a swathe of northern provinces due to the rain.”
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The Straits Times and other news reports confirm that government offices and schools in the capital (Manila) and northern provinces were ordered closed due to the rain.
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web search NEUTRAL — Government offices and schools were ordered closed in the capital and across a swathe of northern provinces due to the rain. In Benguet province, a six-hour drive north of Manila, a hillside gave way …
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/landslides-kill-at…
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web search NEUTRAL — Schools and government offices in Manila and the surrounding provinces were closed after a night of rain that saw the region's Marikina River burst its banks.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250722-philippines-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Financial markets, government offices and schools were closed while several flights were canceled. Disaster response official Elmer Espiritu said the brothers, aged 14 and 17, died when a landslide co…
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/2-die-in-landslides-…
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Claim 5: “The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt”
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Both Euronews and The Guardian report that the Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt and the archipelago is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year, putting millions of people in disaster-prone a…
https://www.euronews.com/2026/08/10/days-of-heavy-rain-leave…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt and gets hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/25/philippines-ty…
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 Plus-Minus: Is the Bank Withdrawal Crisis Normal? Транзит. 10K views • 5 hours ago.
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Claim 6: “the archipelago is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year”
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Both Euronews and The Guardian explicitly state that the archipelago is hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year.
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Claim 7: “The archipelago nation's main island Luzon has been battered by heavy rains over the past four days.”
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The Straits Times reports Luzon was battered by rains. Other search results confirm days of heavy rain in Luzon areas around the specified timeframe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luzon ( loo-ZON, Tagalog: [luˈson]) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political center o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Karl Philip Michael Westerberg (born August 10, 1981), known professionally as Manila Luzon, is an American drag queen, reality television personality, recording artist, and comedian. Luzon came to in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Luzon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — One North Central Luzon (also known as GMA Regional TV One North Central Luzon; previously known as 24 Oras North Central Luzon, 24 Oras Amianan and Balitang Amianan) is a Philippine television news s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_North_Central_Luzon
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Claim 8: “government meteorologist John Manalo said sustained winds were at about 55 kilometres (34 miles) per hour, as the depression, formerly Tropical Storm Kujira, moved towards the Philippine Sea.”
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Both Arab News and The Straits Times independently report that meteorologist John Manalo stated sustained winds were about 55 km/h as the depression (formerly Tropical Storm Kujira) moved toward the Philippine Sea.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the western Pacific Ocean. The season runs throughout 2026, although most tropical cyclones typ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_typhoon_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The name Kujira (Japanese: クジラ, [kɯ̟ʑiɾa̠]) has been used for five tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Japan and refers to the constellation Cetus, the wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_storms_named_Kujira
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tropical Storm Kujira was a tropical cyclone that prompted the PAGASA to declare the beginning of the rainy season in the Philippines. The ninth tropical depression, 8th named storm, and first storm t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Kujira_(2015)
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Claim 9: “In Benguet province... a hillside gave way and collapsed on a small restaurant on Thursday (August 6, 2026), burying three employees who had been in the kitchen.”
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Three independent sources (The Peninsula Qatar, The Straits Times, and a news report on Benguet eatery) confirm a landslide hit a restaurant in Benguet province on August 6, 2026, burying three employees.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Atok ([ˈʔatɔk]), officially the Municipality of Atok (Ilocano: Ili ti Atok; Tagalog: Bayan ng Atok), is a 3rd-class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atok,_Benguet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benguet (), officially the Province of Benguet (Ibaloi: Probinsya ne Benguet; Kankanaey: Probinsyan di Benguet; Pangasinan: Luyag/Probinsia na Benguet; Ilocano: Probinsia ti Benguet; Filipino: Lalawig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benguet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kabayan, officially the Municipality of Kabayan (Ilocano: Ili ti Kabayan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Kabayan), is a municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabayan,_Benguet
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