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Philippines braces for new storm as toll hits 246

Posted by Publius Alter on Sep 29th, 2009 and filed under Top Stories. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine authorities braced on Tuesday for another storm as the toll from rain and floods from a weekend typhoon, now bearing down on Vietnam, rose to 246 dead while damages climbed to nearly $100 million.


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