LOS BA\u00d1OS, Laguna — Rescuers recovered, on Monday, the\u00a0body of a six-year-old girl, one of the three people swept away by raging\u00a0waters in a river in Majayjay town in Laguna province, police said.<\/p>\n
Senior Insp. Marcelino Marcial, Majayjay police director, said the body of\u00a0Christine Althea Alemania was found at 9 a.m. at a section of the river in\u00a0Barangay Balanak, about seven kilometers from where a flash flood swept her\u00a0away on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Alemania’s father, Bryan, 34, and another victim, Vanessa Carillo, 33,\u00a0remained missing, as of Monday.<\/p>\n
Marcial, in a telephone interview, said retrieval operations continued\u00a0despite the heavy rains in the town, located close to Mt. Banahaw.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re still here in the area. The [river’s] current is still strong. In\u00a0fact, the water is still brown from the mud,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Alemanias, from Cabuyao City in Laguna, and Carillo, a resident of\u00a0Dasmari\u00f1as City in Cavite province, were guests at the Dalitiwan Resort in\u00a0Barangay Ilayang Banga. They were standing near the river when a flash flood\u00a0hit the area at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n
Marcial said it was raining hard from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, prompting\u00a0the resort\u2019s staff to warn their guests to stay in a safe area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe rains had stopped but after that came the strong waters down the\u00a0mountain, sweeping the victims,\u201d he said. SFM<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rescuers recovered, on Monday, the body of a six-year-old girl, one of the three people swept away by raging waters in a river in Majayjay town in Laguna province, police said. Senior Insp. Marcelino Marcial, Majayjay police director, said the body of Christine Althea Alemania was found at 9 a.m. at a section of the river in Barangay Balanak, about seven kilometers from where a flash flood swept her away on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1032,"featured_media":715577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,46],"tags":[67058,4708,416,2338,6696,3421,31665,27567,41955,126,2881,206081,76],"byline":[288],"source":[206071],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n