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DAVAO OCCIDENTAL (MindaNews / 13 July 2026) —  The Tanuman Bridge in Barangay Tanuman, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental was opened to traffic effective 6:30 p.m. on Saturday after clearing operations, two days after a deadly flash flood in the village swept 10 residents to the sea.  The bodies of three of the victims have been recovered as of Sunday, six are still missing and one survived.  The Department of Public Works and Highways deployed a bulldozer to clear the debris on the bridge while personnel from municipal disaster response teams from as far as Don Marcelino and nearby Jose Abad Santos was in charge of rescue and retrieval. Tanuman bridge drone photo. MIndaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO The teams were augmented, too, by personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection, Provincial disaster teams, as well as teams from the 73rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army.  When MindaNews arrived at the Tanuman Bridge Monday noon, motorists, including four-wh...