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Monday, May 19, 2008
Storm kills 12, injures 9 in northern RP
BAGUIO CITY (Updated 12:47 p.m.) -- Strong wind and rain killed 12 people and injured nine others as a tropical storm sliced through the mountainous northern Philippines, blowing roofs off houses and toppling power poles, officials said Monday.
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Rescuers pulled a villager alive from a hut buried by a landslide, but he died on the way to a hospital in Itogon township in Benguet province, officials said.
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Tropical storm 'Cosme' kills 4 in N. Luzon
In nearby Pangasinan province, where tropical storm Cosme (international codename: Halong) made landfall Saturday with winds of 65 mph (105 kilometers per hour), four people including a 15-year-old died when they were hit by iron sheets blown off houses, the National Disaster Coordination Council said in a statement.
A total of 12 people were killed and nine injured as Cosme made its way out of the Philippines' main northern island of Luzon, the disaster agency said in a statement.
Forecasters said the storm was expected to pass south of Tokyo on Tuesday.
About 3,000 houses were destroyed, trees were uprooted and electrical posts were knocked down, causing power outages and cutting off phone lines in several northern provinces, officials said.
They said damage to infrastructure and agriculture was expected to be extensive.
The entire coastal province of Zambales, northwest of Manila, was reported to be without power as of Sunday. (AP)For more Philippine news, visit Sun.Star Pampanga. (May 19, 2008 issue)
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