Topic: Compostela Valley
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Typhoon kills nearly 350 in Philippines
Officials in the southeast Asian nation announced Thursday that even emergency shelters were no match for the large storm.
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Philippine typhoon: International aid agencies appeal for $4.8 million
A day after a powerful typhoon killed nearly 300 people in the southern Philippines, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies issued an urgent appeal for money to aid survivors.
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The Philippines: Typhoon brings fierce winds, rain (+video)
Officials estimate 280 people have died as a result of Typhoon Bopha, which made landfall Tuesday. Flooding and mudslides have affected most of the countryside in the Compostela Valley. The typhoon caused power outages and ruined roads and bridges.
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Typhoon Bopha hammers Philippines, leaving at least 40 fatalities (+video)
Typhoon Bopha is one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year. While some 20 major storms normally lash the Philippines annually, the southern provinces being battered by Bopha are unaccustomed to fierce typhoons.
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