The Daily Telegraph

Survivors text for help under landslide rubble

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The death toll from a landslide in the Philippine­s has risen to 29, as rescuers franticall­y dug for survivors, with some texting for help from under the rubble.

The slide on Thursday engulfed two villages in Naga on the tourist island of Cebu. Dozens were still missing as authoritie­s probed whether a nearby rock quarry could have played a role in the massive hillside collapse.

The rescue effort came as the nation was still reeling from Typhoon Mangkhut, whose toll has hit 95 dead.

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