EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL<br/> PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> Nearly 180 people lost their lives when typhoon Washi smashed into the southern Philippines island of Mindanao.<br/> It's feared the figure will rise.<br/> Some perished in landslides triggered by heavy rain.<br/> Most drowned as flash floods swept into homes while the occupants were sleeping.<br/> Many more are unaccounted for.<br/> SOUNDBITE: Unidentified villager saying (Cebuano):<br/> "We found two bodies here, and three more over there. We are still looking for the bodies in the nearby Cavaliero village."<br/> The storm was gusting up to 90 kilometres an hour.<br/> Troops and police launched an operation to recover the bodies of the casualties and evacuate people from their homes.<br/> Authorities say about 100, 000 people have been forced to flee.<br/> Some houses were completely swept away.<br/> The category 1 typhoon was expected to head out to the South China sea by Sunday.<br/> Paul Chapman, Reuters
