Philippines storm victims feared tsunami and ran towards mudslide

Victims of a huge mudslide set off by Tropical Storm Nalgae in a coastal Philippines village that had once been devastated by a tsunami mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran towards higher ground and were buried alive, an official said (AP)

Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal Philippines village that was once devastated by a tsunami mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran towards higher ground and were buried alive by the boulder-laden deluge, an official has said.

At least 18 bodies, including those of children, have been dug out by rescuers in the vast muddy mound that now covers much of Kusiong village in southern Maguindanao province, among the hardest-hit by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which blew out of the north-western Philippines early on Sunday.