A massive landslide rumbled down a mountainside on an eastern Philippine island today, burying hundreds of houses and a school packed with primary students. Red Cross officials estimated 200 people were dead and 1,500 others missing.

An overcrowded boat capsized during a religious sea parade in a central Philippine province today killing at least 16 people, most of them children, officials and witnesses said.

The death toll from devastating mudslides in the Philippines rose to at least 119 today, with searchers saying they have dug up the bodies of entire families huddled together in their buried village homes.

Rescuers battled rain, mud and floodwaters today in search of survivors after landslides and huge waves devastated eastern Philippine villages leaving up to 200 people dead.