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Article: Philippines toll rises to 246; storm hits Vietnam
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 30, 2009
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MANILA, Philippines -- Flood victims trudged through ankle-deep
sludge to crowded relief centers in the Philippines on Tuesday, as
the death toll rose to 246 from water that inundated the homes of
nearly 2 million people.
Tropical Storm Ketsana brought the worst flooding to the
Southeast Asian country in four decades, chasing some victims to
their rooftops to escape the rising water and sweeping others down
raging rivers.
The storm struck Saturday in Manila, one of the world's largest
cities with about 12 million people, and dumped more than a month's
worth of rain in just 12 hours. Flooding was worst around the Pasig
River that cuts through the capital, including wealthy suburbs and
shanty ...