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Fears are growing for more than 700 passengers and crew on board a ferry which capsized during a typhoon in the Philippines. Rescue teams last night tried to reach the stricken MV Princess of Stars but their efforts were hampered by high winds and heavy rain.
Apowerful typhoon struck the Philippines today killing at least seven people and leaving swathes of the capital under water.The army struggled to evacuate residents of Manila as waves crashed over sea walls and left people wading through waist-high waters.Low-lying areas were flooded with hospitals, hotels and the US embassy compound closed. The first reported death was a one-year-old who drowned after falling into a river.
Rescuers battling to save victims of the Philippines floods which have claimed at least 240 lives were facing a new threat today from two storms brewing in the Pacific.The homes of nearly 1.9million people in the capital Manila and surrounding areas were swamped when Tropical Storm Ketsana tore through the region over the weekend.Nearly 380,000 people have sought shelter in schools, churches and other evacuation centres, and some queued desperately on streets for handouts of fresh water as services were hit.President Gloria Arroyo said she was opening the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila to displaced people.
Powerful typhoon Doksuri is heading towards China after laying waste to Taiwan and the northern Philippines with heavy rain and winds. Doksuri is expected to make landfall in China on Friday morning, prompting authorities to shut schools and offices in advance. It comes after the extreme gusts caused a ferry to capsize in waters near the capital of Manila, killing at least 25 people.
All nine people on board a small medical evacuation plane were killed after it crashed into a resort in the Philippines and exploded into flames.The light plane crashed into a resort compound in Pansol village in Laguna province near the foothills of Mount Makiling on Sunday.Rescuers retrieved nine bodies from the wreckage, police said.Two people on the ground were injured and brought to a hospital. Eric Apolonio, a spokesman of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, said the light plane was on a medical evacuation flight from southern Dipolog city in Zamboanga del Norte province.It disappeared from radar for unknown reasons as it flew over Laguna, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of the capital, he said.
MANILA, Philippines — Daan-daang residente ang napilitang lumikas matapos sumiklab ang apoy sa Herco Trading — isang storage facility — sa Brgy. Bagbaguin, Lungsod ng Valenzuela.
A typhoon dumped heavy rain in the northern Philippines but didn't make landfall as it moved toward southern Taiwan and is aiming at China's southern coast.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri blew ashore in a cluster of islands and lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead and displacing thousands of others as it blew roofs off rural houses, flooded low-lying villages and toppled trees, officials said.