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Philippines swamped after days of torrential rain
2013-08-20 04:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Some of the Philippines' heaviest rains on record fell for a second day on Tuesday, turning the capital's roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands of people in homes and shelters. The government suspended all work except rescues and disaster response. Officials reported at least seven people dead, 11 injured and four missing. The dead included a five-year-old boy whose house was hit by a concrete wall that collapsed. Throughout the sprawling, low-lying capital region of 12 million people,...
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Heavy rain brings floods to Philippines; markets, offices shut
2013-08-19 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Heavy rain in the Philippine capital forced the closure of government offices, schools, banks and most private companies on Monday, and residents in parts of the city and nearby provinces had to flee from their homes because of floods. The monsoon rain, intensified by tropical storm Trami, also led to the closure of the Philippine Stock Exchange, the Philippine Dealing System foreign exchange platform and the secondary debt market via the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp after government offices...
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Philippines ferry collision kills 52, 68 still missing
2013-08-19 01:00:00| Ship Technology
A Philippine passenger ferry named MV Thomas Aquinas has sunk after colliding with the cargo ship MV Sulpicio Express 7 on the evening of Friday 16 August, near the central Philippine port of Cebu, killing at least 52 people, with about 68 still miss
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Typhoon strikes south China after killing six in Philippines
2013-08-14 10:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: (Reuters) - A typhoon struck the south coast of China on Wednesday, forcing airlines to cancel flights and halting stock exchange trading in the financial center of Hong Kong after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines. The Hong Kong weather observatory raised its No. 8 tropical cyclone signal early in the day, its third highest alert, but had lowered it by the afternoon as Typhoon Utor moved inland west of the territory. Heavy rains and gale force winds lashed Hong Kong and uprooted...
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Jobless growth in the Philippines
2013-08-07 23:16:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Philippines boom doesnt provide cheer for all
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