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Search for landslide survivors as Philippine storm toll hits 28

Houses are seen buried under mud on Tuesday after a landslide hit the village of Bunga, in Baybay town, Southern Leyte province, southern Philippines, following heavy rains brought about by Tropical Storm Megi, known as Agaton in the Philippines. (Photo by Hannah Cala Vitangcol / AFP)

Rescuers hampered by mud and rain searched Tuesday for survivors of landslides that smashed into villages in the central Philippines, as the death toll from tropical storm Megi rose to 28.

More than 17,000 people fled their homes as the storm pummelled the disaster-prone region in recent days, flooding houses, severing roads and knocking out power.

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