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800 dead or missing in Philippine mudslides: Red Cross

2006-12-03T04:33:12Z

2 December 2006

National (as of 10:11 AM)

800 dead or missing in Philippine mudslides: Red Cross

More than 800 people are either dead or missing after rivers of mud and volcanic ash triggered by a typhoon swamped villages in the Philippines, the Red Cross said Sunday.

The Red Cross said it had confirmed 406 dead from the mudslides around Mayon volcano in the eastern region of Bicol with 398 missing.

Red Cross coordinator Paul Pagaran said the death toll was expected to go up as many of the missing were likely to turn up dead as the mudflow had buried entire villages.

Heavy rains brought by super typhoon Durian on Thursday mixed with volcanic ash on the slopes of Mayon volcano to cause the deadly torrents.

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Death toll from Typhoon Xangsane rises to 76 in Philippines
AFP
ADDS details ///MANILA, Oct 1, 2006 (AFP) - The official death toll from Typhoon Xangsane has risen to 76 in the Philippines, the Office of Civil Defense said Sunday.

Rescuers were still searching for some 69 others still missing, the office said in its latest report. Eighty-one people were injured in the massive storm, the worst to hit the capital Manila in a decade.

Xangsane slammed into Vietnam on Sunday, packing strong winds and heavy rains.