Farmer killed, cop missing in Dipolog mudslide, flashflood

DIPOLOG CITY — A farmer died while a policeman who tried to rescue a family remained missing after heavy rains triggered mudslides and flashfloods here early morning Friday, authorities said.

Two houses were washed away by waters from the swelling Dipolog River.

Reports reaching the Rescue 117 office here said the farmer died when mud buried his house in Barangay (village) Diwan.

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