The GARBAGE landslide: Five missing as rubbish floods through city after typhoon smashes walls of dump site

Five people are still missing after a typhoon smashed down the walls of a rubbish dump and sent tons of garbage spewing down a city's streets.
These pictures show the devastating aftermath of Typhoon Nanmadol on Baguio, a mountain resort in the north of the Philippines.
The typhoon also claimed the lives of 26 people, grounded a 7,000 ton oil freighter off southern Taiwan, and left thousands homeless.

Devastating: Five people are still missing after Typhoon Nanmadol knocked down a wall at a rubbish dump in Baguio, in the north of the Philippines, and sent rubbish spewing down the streets

Engulfed: The sea of garbage cut a path of destruction in the city of Baguio. Typhoon Nanmadol has claimed the lives of 26 people and left thousands homeless

Typhoon Nanmadol hit the northern Philippines at the end of last week, forcing more than 5,400 people to flee to evacuation centres.
It then drenched southern and eastern Taiwan, where it forced more evacuations, shut down businesses and disrupted transport.

More than 350mm of rainfall was recorded in a 24-hour period, but no major damage or casualties were reported on the island.
The Taiwanese government had put some 35,000 soldiers on standby, mindful of the fierce criticism of its handling of the Morakot typhoon in 2009, in which 700 people died.

Clean-up: Workers prepare to tackle the mountain of rubbish on the streets of Baguio. Typhoon Namadol then hit Taiwan and headed for China

It also evacuated 8,000 residents, mostly in the island's rural, mountainous south-east.
The typhoon headed towards China yesterday, where rough seas hampered the rescue of 20 sailors on a Panama-registered 7,000 ton oil freighter that had grounded.
The typhoon, which was the first to land in Taiwan this season, was later downgraded to a storm.
In August 2009, Typhoon Morakot cut a wathe of destruction across southern Taiwan, with more than 400 people in one village killed by a landslide.