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Stricken Philippines face new floods as death toll hits 240 - standard.co.uk - Philippines - county Pacific - city Manila

Stricken Philippines face new floods as death toll hits 240

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.

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Oscar Albayalde - Manila attack: 'English-speaking' gunman who killed 38 in casino rampage caught on camera during attack - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Isil - city Manila

Manila attack: 'English-speaking' gunman who killed 38 in casino rampage caught on camera during attack

The gunman who killed 38 people in a brutal casino rampage in the Philippines was seen on security camera footage firing his rifle in the air, setting fires and shooting at security forces.The so-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack in Manila, but authorities say it was a botched robbery by a single gunman and there were no links to terrorism.After storming into the Resorts World Manila complex, he used petrol to torch gambling tables before fleeing to an adjoining hotel where he killed himself. The victims appeared to have died of smoke inhalation as they hid from the gunman, police said.At a news conference on Saturday, authorities described him as an English-speaking man in his 40s, 6ft tall and armed with an assault rifle.The taxi driver who dropped the man off at the casino said the man also spoke fluent Tagalog and appeared normal during the ride, said Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde.He said terrorism was unlikely because the gunman did not shoot anyone.«He could have shot everybody there,» Albayalde said.

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Oscar Albayalde - Resorts World Manila attack: At least 35 choke to death after gunman storms resort and sets fire to tables - standard.co.uk - Philippines - city Manila

Resorts World Manila attack: At least 35 choke to death after gunman storms resort and sets fire to tables

At least 35 people have died from choking on fumes after a gunman stormed a casino-hotel complex in the Philippines and set fire to gaming tables, police say.The gunman stuffed a backpack with casino chips before he fled, but was found dead in an adjacent hotel early on Friday, having apparently killed himself.The bodies were found in the smoky gambling room of the Resorts World Manila by firefighters. They died from suffocation and smoke inhalation.Metropolitan Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde said none of the bodies had gunshot wounds.The attack, which sent hundreds fleeing into the streets during the night, prompting a claim of responsibility Isis, but police said there was no evidence to support terrorism and believed robbery was the motive.«He would have shot all the people gambling there» if it had been terrorism, national police chief Ronald dela Rosa said.

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Christmas Eve - Cholera threatens millions left homeless by typhoon - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Britain - Haiti - city Manila

Cholera threatens millions left homeless by typhoon

Four million Filipinos made homeless by Typhoon Haiyan were today facing a growing threat from water-borne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.Dr Julie Hall of the World Health Organisation said it was impossible to say how many had no access to clean water supplies 10 days after the typhoon struck leaving 5,000 people dead or missing. Cholera killed 8,000 after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.The Briton, Who's representative in the capital Manila, said the storm had «ripped through the middle of the country, adding: „We know that four million people have been displaced.“Some of them will have access to clean water supplies, some will have access only intermittently and some will be struggling.

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Manila under water as storms and floods devastate Philippines - standard.co.uk - Philippines - Japan - county Lake - city Manila

Manila under water as storms and floods devastate Philippines

Torrential rains have brought flooding and devastation to the Philippines, leaving areas of Manila waist-high in water while thousands of people across coastal and mountainous northern regions fled to emergency shelters.The national disaster agency and local officials reported at least two dead and several missing. Schools, offices, the stock exchange, courts and embassies were closed as the weather bureau placed metropolitan Manila — a sprawling area of 12 million people — under red alert.The flooding following a night of heavy rains brought by the monsoon, which was enhanced by Tropical Storm Trami.

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Armand Balilo - Super typhoon Doksuri heads towards China after ferry capsize off Manila kills 25 - standard.co.uk - Philippines - China - Taiwan - province Rizal - province Fujian - city Beijing - city Manila

Super typhoon Doksuri heads towards China after ferry capsize off Manila kills 25

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.

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Red Cross - Manila attack: Masked 'Isis' gunman storms popular resort leaving 36 dead - standard.co.uk - Philippines - county Cross - city Manila

Manila attack: Masked 'Isis' gunman storms popular resort leaving 36 dead

Isis has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular resort in Manila which left at least 36 people dead.There were reports of shooting and explosions at the Resorts World Manila in the Philippine capital at about midnight local time.A gunman wearing a mask and black clothes stormed floors of one of the resort's hotels, according to local reports, and the area was placed on lockdown.At least 36 people suffocated in choking smoke fumes after the gunman set fire to gaming tables. No one received gunshot wounds.The attacker was later found dead in a nearby hotel early on Friday after fleeing with a rucksack stuffed with casino chips… Police said it appeared he had killed himself.Isis claimed «lone wolf soldiers» from its group had carried out the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence Group that monitors terrorist organisations, but police said there was no indication the attack was terror-related and believe it was a robbery.National police chief Ronald dela Rosa said if it had been terrorism the attacker «would have shot all of the people gambling there» but he «did not hurt anyone».Video posted on social media shows large numbers of people rushing from the complex, while pictures show plumes of smoke billowing from the upper floor of a building in the resort complex.Police, fire trucks and a SWAT team descended on the area, near the city's airport, as people were carried away on stretchers.Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said at least 25 people were injured and were taken to hospital.

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Children killed as landslide buries shanties - standard.co.uk - Philippines - city Manila

Children killed as landslide buries shanties

Torrential rains triggered a landslide in Manila that killed eight people when it hit a row of shanties.Troops and police dug frantically to save those buried in the mud. The bodies of all the victims, including four children, were recovered.

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