World IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : 20 Killed, 400 Missing in Flash Floods

Twenty people died and 400 were missing in the southern Philippines after flash floods triggered by apparent explosions crashed through villages, officials said. The explosions triggered a landslide into Lake Maughan inside the crater of Mt. Parker, 600 miles south of Manila on Mindanao island, the local officials said. This caused the lake and nearby rivers, already swollen by days of heavy rain, to burst their banks. Scientists say they do not believe an eruption is under way at 5,900-foot Mt. Parker but have asked for urgent government aid to help them find out what happened.