No mud miracle in Phillipines as landslide death toll rises
Rescuers, including US Marines diverted from a war games exercise, are frantically digging by hand in torrential rain to reach an elementary school where 240 pupils and teachers were buried alive. There were earlier reports of text messages received and sounds under the mud that could be survivors, but so far they're only finding bodies. Like the recent mining accident in West Virginia, misinformation led to an announcement of survivors at one point, raising hopes further. All told, 1,371 people were reported missing from the village buried in liquid mud and boulders when a mountainside collapsed after La Niña rains.
| Unshelved | by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum |
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