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 GUINSAUGON, Philippines (AP) - It was another day of frustration Wednesday with no sign of survivors as rescue workers tried to find an elementary school buried by a landslide under 100 feet of mud. Heavy rain forced troops to call off work, and a two-ton drill brought in by U.S. Marines sat idle with its braces missing.
The search continued briefly on Thursday before being suspended because of more rain. The Philippine air force also grounded its helicopters because of bad weather.
Up to 300 children and teachers were thought to have been trapped in the school when a mountainside collapsed last Friday after two weeks of heavy rain, burying the farming village of Guinsaugon in a 100-acre blanket of mud. Hopes for a miracle have focused on the school largely because of unconfirmed reports that survivors there sent mobile phone text messages to relatives shortly after the landslide.
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