Search for survivors in Philippine villages hit by landslides
France24 says rescuers hampered by mud and rain searched Tuesday for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 27.
At least 21 people were dead after landslides slammed into several villages in Leyte province — one of the hardest hit by the storm — local authorities said.
Three people were also killed in the central province of Negros Oriental and three on the main southern island of Mindanao, according to the national disaster agency.
Photos showed the rooftops of several homes in Bunga, one of the Leyte communities affected, poking above a river of mud.
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