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Article: Angela Batters Philippines // Advance Warning Credited for Keeping Casualties Down; Thousands Homeless
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 4, 1995
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MANILA, Philippines The most powerful typhoon in a decade ripped
through the Philippines Friday, killing at least 65 people,
destroying thousands of houses and cutting electricity to a third of
the country.
After whipping up 140 m.p.h. winds along the eastern coast of
the Philippines' largest island, Luzon, Typhoon Angela weakened only
slightly before hitting the capital, Manila.
Officials reported at least 50 people missing. More than
200,000 others were forced from their homes, thousands of which were
destroyed or submerged in floodwaters.
Angela caused fewer casualties than other typhoons of similar
strength because of extensive preparations, chief weather forecaster
Prisco Nilo ...