Powerful typhoon batters the Philippines
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A powerful typhoon battered the eastern Philippines on Thursday, cutting off power to thousands of homes and stranding of ferry passengers as it churned toward Manila.
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A POWERFUL typhoon is bearing down on the eastern Philippines where rescuers were desperately trying to find survivors from floods and landslides that have left nearly 500 dead or missing.
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A powerful typhoon is battering parts of Japan and South Korea with heavy rains and high winds, killing at least two people and injuring more than 300.
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REAL, Philippines  - Residents of flood-hit  Philippine towns scrambled to higher ground Thursday as the  most powerful typhoon this year threatened to cause more  destruction after floods and landslides killed up to 600  people.
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MANILA -- A typhoon killed at least 146 people in the Philippines after heavy rains and howling winds triggered landslides from a volcanic mountain, Richard Gordon, the head of the local Red Cross, said today.
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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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REAL, Philippines  - Rescuers dug with their bare  hands Wednesday to find survivors from landslides and floods  that killed up to 600 people in a part of the northern  Philippines due to be hit by a typhoon in just over 24 hours.
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Super typhoon Durian slammed into the eastern Philippines, spawning torrential rains and powerful winds that blew away tin roofs and uprooted trees as it swept closer to Manila.
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A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Monday, toppling trees and telephone poles with strong winds and torrential rains. Eleven people were injured after being cut by broken glass or knocked down by sudden gusts of wind.
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A powerful typhoon targeted China's booming eastern province of Zhejiang and financial hub Shanghai on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people as ships and boats were called back to port.
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MAUBAN, Philippines  - 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.
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The Philippines raised its highest alert  level and warned residents to move to higher ground on  Wednesday as Typhoon Durian barrelled toward the north of the  country, gaining strength on a path toward Manila.
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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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Fresh rains and flooding killed up to 16 people in the Philippines on Tuesday as a tropical storm worsened the death toll and damage from a weekend typhoon.
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Strong winds and heavy rains from Typhoon Durian touched off landslides in a northern Philippine province, killing about 200 people, with hundreds more missing.
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Typhoon Utor thundered out of the Philippines leaving six feared dead and thousands stranded on Monday after high winds and waves tore up power lines and communication links in the archipelago.
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Weather forecasters have raised flood and landslide alerts as tropical storm Durian threatened the northern Philippines with winds of up to 105 kilometers (65 miles) an hour.