People living near the coastal village of Kusiong in the Philippines were met with devastation on Saturday when flash floods caused by tropical storm Nalgae turned into a mudslide burying villagers.
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At least 20 bodies, including children, were removed by rescuers during recovery efforts. Kusiong, in the Southern Maguindanao Province, is among the hardest hit by the storm where at least 80-100 people, which might include entire families, may have been buried.
PBS reported on remarks by Naguib Sinarimbo, the interior minister for a Muslim autonomous region run by former separatist guerrillas who said, “When the people heard the warning bells, they ran up and gathered in a church on a high ground.”
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The deluge of water overwhelmed many areas, trapping people on roofs and damaging more than 700 homes. More than 168,000 people have fled to evacuation camps.