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Hundreds feared dead in massive Filipino mudslide
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-17 20:32
A woman is surrounded by rescuers after a
mudslide in Leyte province in this February 17, 2006 video grab. Mudslides
triggered by heavy rains buried hundreds of houses and a school in the
central Philippines on Friday, killing at least six people and raising
fears of a far higher death toll, officials and witnesses said. There were
unconfirmed reports at least 200 people could be dead and about 1,500
missing around Saint Bernard town in Leyte province, said Senator Richard
Gordon, who also heads the Philippine Red Cross.
[Reuters] |
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