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Article: Roundup: 51 dead, 23 missing as tropical storm Ondoy hits Philippines
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 27, 2009
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Roundup: 51 dead, 23 missing as tropical storm Ondoy hits
Philippines
MANILA, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- About 51 persons have died, 23 are
missing and nearly 300,000 people have been affected by tropical
storm "Ondoy" that has caused heavy downpour and massive flooding in
Metro Manila and nearby provinces.
As of Sunday, search and rescue workers were still continuing to
retrieve residents who stayed at the second, third floors and even
at the rooftop of their houses in the Provident village in Marikina
city and in the nearby Pasig city and Cainta town in Rizal province.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council said that of the 51
fatalities they have recorded, most were from southern Tagalog ...