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11-Year-Old Philippines Boy Miraculously Survives Landslide by Taking Refuge In Refrigerator For 20 Hours - ndtv.com - Philippines - New York

11-Year-Old Philippines Boy Miraculously Survives Landslide by Taking Refuge In Refrigerator For 20 Hours

An 11-year-old boy survived a landslide in the Philippines by taking refuge in a refrigerator for a whole day. According to the New York Post, the boy, named CJ Jasme, had been at home with his family when a massive mud landslide inundated their house in Baybay City, Philippines, on Friday. Authorities discovered Jasme lying inside the broken appliance as they conducted a rescue operation in the province of Leyte in the wake of tropical storm Megi. 

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Singapore blows up 100kg WWII-era bomb after thousands evacuated - philstar.com - Usa - Singapore - Japan - Singapore - Britain - Washington - Tokyo - state Hawaii

Singapore blows up 100kg WWII-era bomb after thousands evacuated

SINGAPORE, Singapore — Singapore army specialists on Tuesday detonated a 100-kilogram (220-pound) World War II-era bomb found at a construction site, causing a thunderous boom in the city-state after authorities had evacuated thousands of residents.

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Super Typhoon slams Philippines, threatens Taiwan and Hong Kong - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Philippines - China - Hong Kong - Taiwan

Super Typhoon slams Philippines, threatens Taiwan and Hong Kong

Taiwan shut offices and canceled flights across parts of the south on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Saola sweeps past the island’s southern tip, heading toward the Chinese coast after battering northern Philippines.The Philippine weather bureau Pagasa hoisted the third-highest wind signal over northern areas, warning of a “dangerous” typhoon and risk of damage to structures in its bulletin this morning. Taiwan shut some offices and schools in parts of Kaohsiung and Pingtung and canceled more than a dozen flights.Saola strengthened into a super typhoon Tuesday night as it traversed the waters of Batanes province, according to Pagasa. The typhoon prompted the evacuation of almost 50,000 people in the Philippines to safer grounds.With the storm around 200 kilometers off Taiwan’s southernmost point, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has activated routine typhoon preparation procedures at its fabs, including placing emergency response teams on standby, the company said in a statement.

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Philippine typhoon Saola weakens as it nears Taiwan - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - Philippines - Taiwan - Manila

Philippine typhoon Saola weakens as it nears Taiwan

MANILA: Tropical storm Saola headed towards Taiwan on Monday while bringing heavy rain to the northern Philippines, cutting power to some towns and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said. With Saola forecast to make landfall over southern Taiwan late on Wednesday or early on Thursday, the typhoon's maximum winds eased to 155 kilometres per hour (96 miles per hour), with gusts of up to 190 kph (118 mph), the weather agency said. The seventh tropical storm in the Philippines this year, Saola had sustained winds of 185 kph (115 mph) and gusts of up to 230 kph (143 mph) on Sunday evening. Besides the wind, rain and power cuts, it forced nearly 2,000 people to seek shelter in evacuation centres, the disaster agency said.

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Philippines - Poor villagers risk their lives in danger zone as Philippines' most active volcano erupts - apnews.com - Philippines

Poor villagers risk their lives in danger zone as Philippines' most active volcano erupts

CALBAYOG, Philippines (AP) — Delfina Guiwan’s heart was pounding as she snuck back to her village, now abandoned and eerily quiet, in the fertile foothills of gently erupting Mayon volcano in the northeastern Philippines.

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Students meet under trees as schools shelter villagers displaced by Philippine volcano - apnews.com - Philippines

Students meet under trees as schools shelter villagers displaced by Philippine volcano

MALILIPOT, Philippines (AP) — Nearly 20,000 people have fled from an erupting Philippine volcano and taken shelter in schools, disrupting education for thousands of students, many of whom are having classes in chapels and tents or under trees, officials said Friday.

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