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Sunday, 3 December 2006, 13:22 GMT

In pictures: Philippine mudslides

Villagers salvage items from their house in the shadow of Mt Mayon

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Relief efforts are continuing in the southern Philippines after mudslides left hundreds of people dead or missing.

The Mayon volcano, its lower slopes covered with mud

The Mayon volcano, its lower slopes covered with mud

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The mudslides were triggered by Typhoon Durian. Heavy rain drove ash and debris from the slopes of Mt Mayon, the country's most active volcano.

Villagers see what they can salvage from a house buried up to the roof in mud

Villagers see what they can salvage from a house buried up to the roof in mud

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Entire villages were engulfed and farmland devastated by what one resident described as a wall of water.

Villagers walk over a highway which was destroyed by mud in Legazpi city

Villagers walk over a highway which was destroyed by mud in Legazpi city

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Infrastructure has been hard hit, with power lines down and roads and bridges washed away.

Volunteers use spades to dig through the mud for the bodies of the missing

Volunteers use spades to dig through the mud for the bodies of the missing

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Rescuers are searching for more survivors and have been using hands and spades to pull bodies from the heavy mud.

A woman carries her nephew to a hospital in Legazpi city

A woman carries her nephew to a hospital in Legazpi city

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Hundreds more people are injured. Disaster agencies have appealed for fresh water, food and medicine.

A man cries as the coffin of his wife is buried as part of a mass burial

A man cries as the coffin of his wife is buried as part of a mass burial

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Many of the dead have already been buried, because of fears over the spread of disease.

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