A landslide tore through a small gold mining site in the southern Philippines today, killing at least 25 people and burying dozens more.

The death toll from storm-triggered flash floods that devastated a wide swathe of the southern Philippines has risen to 521, the Philippine Red Cross said today.

Pounding rain from a tropical storm swelled rivers and sent walls of water crashing into two southern Philippine cities in the thick of night, killing at least 436 people, many caught in their beds, officials said today.

The death toll from storm-triggered flash floods in the southern Philippines has risen to more than 120, with over 100 people missing.