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Philippine mudslide leaves 5 dead, 2 missing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-11-21 14:31
MANILA-- Five people, including three children, were killed as a mudslide raged through a southern Philippine gold mining town in the wake of prolonged heavy rains, local media reported Friday.

Three underage children, two girls and one boy, were among the five bodies pulled out from a mountainous town in Compostela Valley province Friday morning, local news network GMA News said.

Another news report said they were buried alive when the mudslide hit Monkayo town.

At least two people were still missing and feared dead, the reports said, citing local officials.

The mudslide, which rammed into the village on Thursday, also destroyed houses and roads.