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Philippines typhoon: Death toll reaches 1,000 and is still rising
Dec 4 2006, Vikas Shekhawat

Typhoon Durian, which is the fourth in a row in the past four months, hit Philippines on Thursday at 140 miles an hour wrecking the archipelago. The death toll feared to have reached 1,000, as per Red Cross’s estimate, and is continuously rising amidst...

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