NEW BATAAN, Philippines: Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides a day after a powerful typhoon killed more than 475 in the southern Philippines.

The official death toll rose to 475 by late Thursday.

Officials fear more bodies may be found as rescuers reach hard-hit areas that were isolated by landslides, floods and downed communications.

At least 184 people died in the worst-hit province of Compostela Valley when Typhoon Bopha lashed the region on Tuesday, including 78 villagers and soldiers who perished in a flash flood that swamped two emergency shelters and a military camp, a provincial spokeswoman, Fe Maestre, said.