<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The death toll from a landslide in the southern Philippines has climbed to 68 as officials said today the window of finding more survivors is closing.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rescuers were looking for 51 more people in the wake of the Feb 6 landslide, which struck outside a gold mine in Maco town in Davao de Oro province and buried homes and vehicles that were supposed to ferry employees of the mining company.</div><div><br></div><div>Disaster authorities plan to shift their focus from search and rescue to search and retrieval beginning tomorrow, Maco town disaster officer Ariel Capoy said.</div><div><br></div><div>Torrential rains have battered Davao de Oro in recent weeks, triggering floods and landslides, forcing many families to flee their homes.</div><div><br></div><div>The US, through the US Agency for International Development, was providing US$1.25 million in humanitarian aid to the affected communities in the southern islands, its embassy in Manila said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>The US defence department also provided two C-130 cargo planes to help deliver food packs in the affected communities. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>