Saturday, December 02, 2006
Typhoon in Philippines Causes Deadly Landslides
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(Carlos Conde - NY Times) from Philippines.
MANILA, Dec. 1 — Strong winds and heavy rains from Typhoon Durian touched off landslides in a northern Philippine province, killing about 200 people, with hundreds more missing.
The landslides swept through villages near Mayon, the most active volcano in the Philippines, which erupted in July. The 8,077-foot mountain and its near-perfect cone, rising above Albay province south of Manila on the island of Luzon, is a leading Philippine tourist attraction.
Boulders and ash spewed out onto the mountain slopes by the eruption were washed loose by the typhoon rains, which began lashing the island on Thursday, and cascaded for hours down mountain gullies and ravines, plowing through villages and dumping tons of mud into rivers.
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The smoky honeyeaterPosted by Ninja T. Penguin Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(Carlos Conde - NY Times) from Philippines.
MANILA, Dec. 1 — Strong winds and heavy rains from Typhoon Durian touched off landslides in a northern Philippine province, killing about 200 people, with hundreds more missing.
The landslides swept through villages near Mayon, the most active volcano in the Philippines, which erupted in July. The 8,077-foot mountain and its near-perfect cone, rising above Albay province south of Manila on the island of Luzon, is a leading Philippine tourist attraction.
Boulders and ash spewed out onto the mountain slopes by the eruption were washed loose by the typhoon rains, which began lashing the island on Thursday, and cascaded for hours down mountain gullies and ravines, plowing through villages and dumping tons of mud into rivers.
The Philippine National Red...
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