| Soldiers carry relief goods and medical supplies to Winnie-ravaged town of Real, Nueva Ecija. Even as many parts of Luzon still reel from the wrath of Winnie, the entire country prepares for super storm Yoyong, which is expected to hit land Thursday night. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- Typhoon "Yoyong" lashed at Catanduanes and Camarines Sur Thursday, leaving at least six persons dead in its wake, and made landfall, later in the night, in Baler, Aurora.
Packing center winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour and gusts of 220 kph, Yoyong is cutting across the main island of Luzon, which is still reeling from the devastation and destruction--about 600 deaths and counting--wrought by three successive storms.
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