Swallowed by the earth - INQ7.net

Ron says: Rescue efforts look pretty good here
Good thing FEMA is not in charge

Swallowed by the earth - INQ7.net: "
Swallowed by the earth
33 dead, hundreds missing in Leyte mudslides


First posted 00:54am (Mla time) Feb 18, 2006
By Tony S. Bergonia, Connie E. Fernandez, Jani Arnaiz
Inquirer



Editor's Note: Published on page A1 of the February 18, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

ST. BERNARD, Southern Leyte—Tons of mud and rocks yesterday tumbled down from the mountain after weeks of rains and swallowed a whole village of between 2,000 and 3,000 people, including a schoolhouse filled with children.

Some survivors were seen fleeing naked but hundreds were feared dead and the village of Guinsaugon in St. Bernard town had virtually disappeared from the map in the latest disaster to hit the calamity-prone country."