Philippines

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Storm Nalgae Batters Philippines, Death Toll Revised to 45 (Bloomberg)

Storm Nalgae battered the Philippines on Saturday after triggering torrential rains that led to the deaths of dozens of people in the southern region of ...

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Death toll rises in Philippines storm (Vatican News)

In the Philippines, at least 45 people are dead after flooding and mudslides brought about by a tropical storm.

Some residents were stranded on the roofs of their houses. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said aid workers are distributing food and bottled water. "Our first priority is bottled water.

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Philippines: At least 45 killed by tropical storm - with fears number of ... (Sky News)

While the number killed by landslides in the southern Maguindanao province has been reduced as reports from rescue workers have been checked, ...

Nearly 7,500 passengers, drivers, and cargo helpers and 107 vessels were stranded in ports, the coast guard said. "But we pray it does not go up significantly." While the number killed by landslides in the southern Maguindanao province has been reduced as reports from rescue workers have been checked, Manila and nearby towns remain braced today as Tropical Storm Nalgae sweep across the archipelago.

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Storm Nalgae death toll climbs to 48 in Philippines, 22 missing (Reuters)

The death toll from flooding and rain-induced landslides in the Philippines has climbed to 48, the country's disaster agency said on Sunday, with 22 others ...

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Philippine storm victims feared tsunami, ran toward mudslide (ABC News)

A Philippine official says many victims of a huge mudslide in a southern coastal village had thought a tsunami was approaching and ran to higher ground at ...

“We were not able to anticipate that the volume of water will be that much so we were not able to warn the people and then to evacuate them out of the way of the incoming flash floods.” He gave no estimate of how many villagers may have been buried but described the extent of the mudslide as “overwhelming” and said the nighttime disaster may have unfolded fast. Elderly villagers who survived the tsunami and powerful earthquake passed on the nightmarish story to their children, warning them to be prepared. Dennis Almorato, who went to the mudslide-hit community Saturday, said the muddy deluge buried about 60 rural houses in about 5 hectares (12 acres) of the community. Lying between the Moro Gulf and 446-meter (1,464-foot) Mount Minandar, Kusiong was among the hardest hit by the 1976 catastrophe. But they were not as prepared for the dangers that could come from Mount Minandar, where their village lies at the foothills, Sinarimbo said.

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