A Philippine town in the shadow of a volcano is hit by landslides it never expected
The Peninsula
Talisay, Philippines: As a storm pounded his rural home, Raynaldo Dejucos asked his wife and children to stay indoors and keep safe from possible ligh...
Talisay, Philippines: As a storm pounded his rural home, Raynaldo Dejucos asked his wife and children to stay indoors and keep safe from possible lightning strikes, slippery roads or catching a fever.
One thing the 36-year-old didn't mention was landslides.
In the lakeside town of Talisay in the northeastern Philippines, the 40,000 inhabitants have never experienced them in their lifetime.
But after leaving home last Thursday to check his fish cages in nearby Lake Taal, an avalanche of mud, boulders and toppled trees cascaded down a steep ridge and buried about a dozen houses, including his.
Talisay, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) south of Manila, was one of several towns ravaged by Tropical Storm Trami, the deadliest of 11 storms to hit the Philippines this year.
