Mass burial for Philippines floods victims - BBC
A mass burial has been organised in the Philippines for scores of people killed by flash floods on the southern island of Mindanao. Health officials in the city of Iligan say unclaimed bodies are being buried after being marked for possible future identification.
Coastal communities were devastated early on Saturday in flash floods triggered by a tropical storm. More than 650 people were killed and another 800 people are still missing. Damaged roads are hampering efforts to reach survivors in remote villages.
Officials in Iligan said they were preparing to bury unclaimed bodies in a mass grave as early as Monday because of their advanced state of decomposition.
