Philippines Landslide

An aerial view Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, of the landslide covering Guinsaugon village on the island of Leyte in the Philippines. Rescue efforts were suspended Thursday due to heavy rain and unsafe conditions after a group of seven Taiwanese disaster experts were rescued by U.S. Marines. Most of the population of Guinsaugon was feared buried alive when a rain-soaked mountain collapsed.

Philippine forensic experts take DNA samples and fingerprints from recovered bodies at the site of the massive landslide in hopes of being able to identify the victims, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2006, in Guinsaugon, Leyte island, central Philippines.

Volunteers continue to search for signs of life in the mud and rocks of last week's massive landslide, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, in Guinsaugon, on Leyte Island, central Philippines. Recovery efforts continued on the fifth day in the village of Guinsaugon that was wiped out by the landslide.

Two Philippine volunteers walk past a portrait of Jesus Christ as rescue and reconstruction efforts in the devastated landslide area continue, Monday, Feb. 20, 2006, in Guinsaugon village in Leyte, southern Philippines.

U.S. Marines Sgt. Matthew Meodor lets landslide evacuee Abel Pagodon taste his MRE (Meals-Ready-to-Eat) ration during their humanitarian mission at an evacuation center in St. Bernard town near the village of Guinsaugon, Leyte province in central Philippines Tuesday Feb. 21, 2006. Pagodon's two elder brothers were killed in the landslide.

U.S. Marines dig in search and rescue efforts through the mud and rocks of last week's massive landslide, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, in Guinsaugon, on Leyte Island, central Philippines. Recovery efforts continued on the fifth day in the village of Guinsaugon that was wiped out by the landslide.

A Spanish K-9 rescue team, in red, surveys the hillside of the mud and rocks of last week's massive landslide, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, in Guinsaugon, on Leyte Island, central Philippines. Recovery efforts continued after the village of Guinsaugon was wiped out by the landslide.

Philippine army soldiers dig in continued search and rescue efforts through the mud and rocks of last week's massive landslide, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, in Guinsaugon, on Leyte Island, central Philippines. Recovery efforts continued in the village of Guinsaugon that was wiped out by the landslide.

An unidentified U.S. Marine and a child-evacuee exchanges high-fives during the Marines' humanitarian mission at an evacuation center at St. Bernard town near the village of Guinsaugon, Leyte province in central Philippines Tuesday Feb. 21, 2006. More than 3,000 evacuees moved to evacuation centers following Friday's massive landslide which buried the entire village of Guinsaugon.

U.S. Marines receive instructions from their platoon leader as landslide evacuees line up to receive aid at an evacuation center in St. Bernard town near the village of Guinsaugon, Leyte province in central Philippines Tuesday Feb. 21, 2006. Hundreds of U.S. Marines are involved in search and relief operations.

Malaysian search and rescue teams use motion sensors to listen for signs of life in the mud and rocks of last week's massive landslide, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, in Guinsaugon, on Leyte Island, central Philippines. Recovery efforts continued on the fifth day in the village of Guinsaugon that was wiped out by the landslide.

Red Cross volunteers unload on Tuesday Feb.21, 2006, boxes of relief supplies from the U.S. Government at a warehouse in St. Bernard town near the village of Guinsaugon, Leyte province intended for survivors and evacuees affected by the massive landslide. Aid began pouring in following the massive landslide which buried the village.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo prays for landslide victims in Leyte province as she hears mass at Manila's cathedral on Tuesday Feb. 21, 2006.

A U.S. Marine, right, from the 3rd Marines Expeditionary Unit, falls in the water while crossing a river at the landslide area during their search and rescue operations for landslide victims Monday, Feb. 20, 2006 in Guinsaugon village, in the island province of Leyte, central Philippines. The U.S. Marines who were diverted from their joint military exercise in Jolo were joined by rescuers from Taiwan and Malaysia.

U.S. Marines from the 3rd Marines Expeditionary Unit join in the search and recovery operations for landslide victims Monday, Feb. 20, 2006 in Guinsaugon village, in the island province of Leyte, central Philippines. The U.S. Marines who were diverted from their joint military exercise in Jolo were joined by rescuers from Taiwan and Malaysia.

An unidentified survivor with her face covered by mud grimaces after a landslide on Leyte island in the eastern Philippines Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. A rain-soaked mountainside disintegrated in an unstoppable wall of mud, burying hundreds of houses and an elementary school. Image taken from television.

A small child is carried from the landslide on Leyte island in the eastern Philippines Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. A rain-soaked mountainside disintegrated into a torrent of mud, burying hundreds of houses and an elementary school. Image taken from television.

A Philippines villager, right, comforts a victim after the landslide that covered an entire village on the Philippine island of Leyte, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006, leaving hundreds dead or missing. Heavy rains had pounded Leyte for over a week, causing the huge landslide that buried the village of Guinsaugon in Saint Bernard town. Image taken from television.

Rescue workers clean the face of a mud-covered landslide survivor at the disaster site on Leyte island in the eastern Philippines Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. A rain-soaked mountainside disintegrated in an unstoppable wall of mud, burying hundreds of houses and an elementary school. Image taken from television.

4 A survivor is carried from the mudslide in the eastern Philippines Friday, Feb. 17, 2006. A rain-soaked mountainside disintegrated into a torrent of mud, burying hundreds of houses and an elementary school on Leyte island. Image taken from television.