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Flood-affected residents queue up for relief goods being distributed at an evacuation center Thursday. Pic: AP.

UN: Philippine flood destruction like tsunami

By AP News Thu, Dec 22, 2011 4:08PM UTC View Comments

ILIGAN, Philippines (AP) — Two southern Philippine cities devastated by flash floods that killed more than 1,000 people look like they have been hit by a tsunami, a United Nations official said Thursday as he appealed for $28 million in aid to help half a million people affected by the disaster. U.N. humanitarian coordinator Soe...

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Philippine city officials under fire for dumping dead in landfill

By Edwin Espejo Tue, Dec 20, 2011 8:23AM UTC View Comments

“How could you, Mayor (Vicente) Emano (Cagayan de Oro City) and whoever decided on dumping the decomposing bodies in your landfill? They are not garbage!” These were the angry words from Mindanao journalist Carolyn Arguillas of Mindanews who saw first hand how decomposing bodies of victims of tropical storm Sendong (international code name Washi) were...

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Strong typhoon leaves 4 dead in Philippines

By AP News Mon, Aug 01, 2011 4:30AM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon is blowing away from the northern Philippines after leaving at least four people dead despite not making landfall. Office of Civil Defense chief Benito Ramos says slow-moving Typhoon Muifa was packing sustained winds of 108 miles (175 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 130 mph (210 kph) as...

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Storm leaves 35 dead, 25 missing in Philippines

By AP News Thu, Jul 28, 2011 4:10PM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Disaster officials say more bodies have been recovered from flood waters and landslides in the northern Philippines. The discoveries raise the death toll from a storm to 35. Civil Defense Administrator Benito Ramos says 25 fishermen remain missing, nearly all of them from one boat that sank in central Philippine waters....

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Storm leaves 7 dead, 4 missing in Philippines

By AP News Tue, Jul 26, 2011 5:17PM UTC View Comments

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm has unleashed floods and landslides that have left at least seven people dead in the northeastern Philippine province of Albay. Albay Gov. Joey Salceda says three children have died in a landslide in a mountainside village, while two men were pinned to death by a fallen tree. Two...

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