800 dead or missing in Philippine mudslides: Red Cross

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times and Global Warming

800 dead or missing in Philippine mudslides: Red Cross*

MANILA, Dec 3 (AFP) Dec 03, 2006

More than 800 people are either dead or missing after rivers of mud and
volcanic ash triggered by a typhoon swamped villages in the Philippines,
the Red Cross said Sunday.

The Red Cross said it had confirmed 406 dead from the mudslides around
Mayon volcano in the eastern region of Bicol with 398 missing.

Red Cross coordinator Paul Pagaran said the death toll was expected to
go up as many of the missing were likely to turn up dead as the mudflow
had buried entire villages.

Heavy rains brought by super typhoon Durian on Thursday mixed with
volcanic ash on the slopes of Mayon volcano to cause the deadly torrents.