Thursday, January 3, 2013

Typhoon in the Philippines


                On Tuesday, when 100 miles per hour from Typhoon Bopha struck the Philippines that brought heavy rains and destroyed villages and left thousands homeless.

On Wednesday, many roads and bridges have been washed away from the typhoon, causing a struggle to rescue teams to reach isolated villages in Southern Philippines. It left around 325 people dead and several hundred more missing. On Thursday morning when the Office of Civil Defense reported that the death toll went up to at 325 and that rescuers were searching through mud and debris for 379 people that were reported missing, source from The Associated Press. Most of the victims left by Typhoon Bopha have seemed to have drowned or been hit by falling debris.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/world/asia/typhoon-said-to-have-killed-hundreds-in-philippines.html?_r=0

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