Twenty seven feared dead in Phillippines landslides
Two landslides triggered by heavy rains buried more than 20 houses in a remote gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 11 people dead and 16 others missing, officials said today.
Small stone houses and huts at the foot of the mountain village of Masara were destroyed on Saturday by falling mud and rocks, killing six villagers and injuring 17 others. Another landslide struck the village early today, killing five more people.
