Asia ; Disease risks rise after Philippine typhoon
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Some areas were still without power after 13 transmission towers in Bicol province east of Manila were toppled by winds. The health secretary warned of the growing risk of disease, urging people to bury their dead quickly.
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Typhoon Xangsane has wrought destruction across the Philippines causing widespread flooding, closing schools and financial markets, disrupting transport and leaving at least two people dead.
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US Marines began helping relief operations in the Philippines following storms that have left more than 1,500 people dead as fears grew of a health crisis among survivors.
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More than 1,000 people may have died in mudslides caused by a typhoon in the Philippines, officials warn.
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Typhoon Durian killed 146 people in the Philippines and there were fears the toll could climb after heavy rains and winds triggered landslides from a volcanic mountain, the head of the local Red Cross said on Friday.
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Philippine disaster officials issued severe weather warnings to a dozen provinces on the main island of Luzon on Wednesday, as the southeast Asian nation braced for Typhoon Durian.
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PILILIA, Philippines : Another powerful typhoon is bearing down on the eastern Philippines where rescuers are desperately trying to find survivors from floods and landslides that have left nearly 500 dead or missing.
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INFANTA, Philippines  - US Marines began helping relief operations in the Philippines following storms that have left more than 1,500 people dead as fears grew of a health crisis among survivors.
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REAL, Philippines  - Thousands of Filipinos  returned to washed-out homes on Saturday after four deadly  storms in two weeks left more than 1,000 people dead or  missing, as emergency supplies ran low and fears of disease  grew.
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DARAGA, Philippines  - The Philippines fears up to 1,000 people were killed in landslides and floods set off by Typhoon Durian but officials said on Monday that many of the bodies might never be found.
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Filipinos tried to flee flood-hit towns on Monday as relief supplies ran short and fears about disease mounted after last week&#39;s back-to-back typhoons left a trail of death and destruction.
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Theresa Torres, Reporter. Sharing its neighborsâ fears of a bird-flu pandeÂ­mic after the first probable case of human-to-human infection was reported in Thailand, the Philippine government on Wednes
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The Philippines begins to clean up after a powerful typhoon, days after a storm killed more than 400 people.
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Another typhoon is headed for the Philippines, where rescuers are still searching for 150 people missing from Monday&#39;s storm, which killed at least 300.
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Asia faces an outbreak of unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza, which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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DANANG, Vietnam  - Typhoon Xangsane killed at least 120 people in the Philippines and Vietnam and left tens of thousands homeless, officials said on Tuesday.
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At least 108 people die in the Philippines after rains from Typhoon Durian trigger mudslides.