| Residents of Barangay Paypay, Daanbantayan use a raft made of banana trunks to examine their flooded houses in the wake of typhoon Frank. At least 200 houses in that area were submerged. (Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos) |
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MANILA (Updated 2:22 p.m.) -- Typhoon Fengshen lashed the country for a second day Sunday, leaving at least 80 people dead as it submerged entire communities and capsized a passenger ferry carrying more than 740 passengers and crew.
The death toll included 59 people who drowned in the central province of Iloilo, with another 40 missing, Governor Neil Tupaz said.
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