Philippines buries typhoon victims in mass graves
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DARAGA, Philippines  - Villagers in the central Philippines buried hundreds of relatives and friends in mass graves on Sunday as hopes faded of finding survivors from Typhoon Durian.
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Soldiers have manned bulldozers and residents pitched in with shovels and rakes as Philippine authorities clear mud, logs and debris from flood-hit towns where hundreds have died.
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RUNNING short of body bags and fearing outbreaks of diseases, rescue workers buried dozens of victims in mass graves as Typhoon &quot;Yoyong&quot; (international codename: Nanmadol) exited the country yesterday as quickly as it entered.
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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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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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The death toll from a powerful typhoon that cut across the northern Philippines rose to 17 on Friday as schools and offices in Manila remained closed for a second day.
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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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At least 146 people die in the Philippines after rains from Typhoon Durian trigger mudslides.
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Rescue workers in the Philippines began burying landslide victims in a mass grave on Sunday, as the Red Cross said that more than 1,000 people had probably died in the disaster.
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A horse-drawn hearse carried the coffin of Fernando Poe Jr. through Manila&#39;s streets Wednesday as tens of thousands of Filipinos turned out for the funeral of the actor-turned-presidential
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Pope John Paul II has sent his condolences to the victims of the Philippine storms, which have resulted in more than 1,400 people reported dead or missing.
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In Quezon province, hit earlier this week by a typhoon, relatives were looking for loved ones when second storm hit. BY PAT ROQUE.
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Up to 600 people are feared dead after storms and landslides in the Philippines, even as residents try to flee another typhoon. Rescuers trying to help flood victims before the next storm hits say they are unable to reach the areas worst affected.
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Nearly 1000 people are dead or missing after a storm triggered landslides and floods in the Philippines this week, rescuers said on Thursday as a new and even more powerful deadly typhoon approached the main island of Luzon.
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The death toll from a powerful typhoon that lashed the northern Philippines climbed to at least 24 on Monday after rescue officials retrieved more bodies from ravaged areas.
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Victims of mudslides in the Philippines are buried in a mass grave, in an effort to prevent disease.
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Rescuers dug with their bare hands on Wednesday to find survivors from landslides and floods that killed up to 500 people in a part of the northern Philippines due to be hit by a typhoon over the next 48 hours.