Hundreds feared dead in massive Filipino mudslide
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-17 20:32

Philippines soldiers unload sacks of rice from a military plane for mudslide victims at the Tacloban airport in central Philippines February 18, 2006. Hundreds of people were feared dead in the remote farming village of Guinsaugon, near Saint Bernard town in southern Leyte province, after mudslides triggered by heavy rains buried houses and an elementary school packed with children on Friday, officials and witnesses said. [Reuters]