Typhoons

Typhoon Nesat Heads For Vietnam After Killing Dozens

AP | KELVIN CHAN | Posted 11.29.2011

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HONG KONG — A powerful typhoon that forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes on an island in southern China appeared to have caus...

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100,000 Evacuate As Philippines Braces For Typhoon

AP | HRVOJE HRANJSKI and JIM GOMEZ | Posted 11.26.2011

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MANILA, Philippines — Massive flooding hit the Philippine capital on Tuesday as typhoon winds and rains isolated the historic old city where res...

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Philippines Notebook: A National Disaster Brings Death and Blame

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

An overburdened city is an overburdened city and on Saturday, regardless of whether you lived in a shanty town or in a utilities-paying neighborhood, it was time to pay the price.

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