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Topic: Philippine Typhoon Bopha
death toll passes 300 |
Philippine Typhoon Bopha
death toll passes 300
BBC News, by Staff
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Posted By:LittleHoodedMonk, 12/6/2012 12:10:05 AM
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| More than 300 people have died and hundreds more are missing in the wake of Typhoon Bopha, which cut a swathe of devastation across the southern Philippines. The Civil Defence Office said at least 325 people were confirmed dead and another 379 missing. People were killed in eight provinces but eastern Mindanao was worst-hit. In Compostela Valley province alone at least 184 people died, many when flash floods hit emergency shelters. "We have 325 dead and this is expected to rise because many more are missing," civil defence chief Benito Ramos told a news conference early on
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Comments:
As the death toll mounts, so does the sadness in the Philippines.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Phil_hk, 12/6/2012 3:46:10 AM (No. 9050935)
What is really sad is that there is no reason for the Philippines to be that poor. The country has vast natural resources. They should be wealthy and prosperous so that people didn´t have to live in shacks
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