LEGAZPI CITY, Albay: Rescuers arrived in this devastated Philippines city on Saturday as officials warned there would be few survivors from giant mudslides which swept away entire villages, killing hundreds.

Military and civilian emergency workers delayed by typhoon Durian, which triggered the mudflows on Thursday, flew in at first light with the toll already at 469 dead or missing.

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