TYPHOON BHOPA KILLS 74 IN PHILIPPINES

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.

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