Rescuers caught up in Philippine landslide's mud field
23/02/2006 - 08:33:30A group of rescue workers had to be rescued themselves today after they became stuck in soft mud while trying to extricate a body from a landslide that entombed a Philippine farming village.
The incident contributed to a decision to suspend search efforts at the scene of last Friday’s disaster amid concerns that heavy rains could spark a new landslide and add to the death toll that is already expected to rise to more than 1,000.
Weary troops and volunteers trudged out or were airlifted by helicopter from the unstable 100-acre mud field that covers Guinsaugon and its school.
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