MANILA, Philippines - Typhoon Bopha killed at least 74 people in the Philippines on
Tuesday, officials and television reports said as the strongest storm to
hit the country this year wreaked devastation.
In New Bataan town on the southern island of Mindanao, television station ABS-CBN reporter Vina Araneta "counted 43 bodies on the floor". Officials, who could not immediately confirm the
television report, earlier said eight other people were killed by the
cyclone elsewhere in Mindanao.
Another 50,000 were displaced as the storm, locally known as Pablo, hit south Philippines on Tuesday morning, officials said.
Bopha made landfall on the island of Mindanao in the south of the
country at dawn, bringing heavy rains and wind force of 210 km/hour
toppling trees and bringing down power lines.
Source: Sioux City Journal...More... , AP
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