IN PHOTOS | Flash floods, landslides wreak havoc in Philippines

Torrential rains continue to batter several provinces across the Philippines. The worst storm impact so far was a mudslide laden with rocks, trees and debris that buried dozens of houses with as many as 60 people in the tribal village of Kusiong.

Flash floods and landslides set off by torrential rains left at least 50 people dead, including in a hard-hit southern Philippine province, where as many as 60 villagers are feared missing and buried in a huge mudslide laden with rocks, trees, and debris.

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29 Oct 2022, 2:36 pm

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At least 42 people were swept away by rampaging floodwaters and drowned or were hit by debris-filled mudslides in three towns in Maguindanao province from Thursday night to early Friday, said Naguib Sinarimbo, the interior minister for a five-province Muslim autonomous region governed by former separatist guerrillas. (Photo | AP)

The worst storm impact so far was a mudslide that buried dozens of houses with as many as 60 people in the tribal village of Kusiong in Maguindanao's Datu Odin Sinsuat town. (Photo | AP)

Army Lt. Col. Dennis Almorato, who went to the mudslide-hit community Saturday, said the muddy deluge buried about 60 rural houses in about 5 hectares (12 acres) section of the community. (Photo | AP)

At least 13 bodies, mostly of children, were dug up Friday and Saturday by rescuers in Kusiong. (Photo | AP)

The coastal village, which lies at the foot of a mountain, is accessible by road, allowing more rescuers to be deployed Saturday to deal with one of the worst weather-related disasters to hit the country's south in decades, said Naguib Sinarimbo. (Photo | AP)

The unusually heavy rains flooded several towns in Maguindanao and outlying provinces in a mountainous region with marshy plains, which become like a catch basin in a downpour. (Photo | AP)

Floodwaters rapidly rose in many low-lying villages, forcing some residents to climb onto their roofs, where they were rescued by army troops, police, and volunteers. (Photo | AP)

About 20 typhoons and storms batter the Philippine archipelago each year. It is located on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' a region along most of the Pacific Ocean rim where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur, making the nation one of the world's most disaster-prone. (Photo | AP)

Rescuers evacuate residents from flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae in Hilongos, Leyte province, Philippines on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (Photo | AP)

Rescuers assist a woman to safer grounds as floods rose due to Tropical Storm Nalgae at Parang, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines. (Photo | AP)