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9 people dead or missing in Philippine floods, landslides

Сильные дожди в Филиппинах

10:44 10/09/2009

MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Nine people are reported to be dead or missing in the Philippines as a result of landslides and floods triggered by a tropical depression, local media reported on Thursday.

According to various reports, between five and six people were killed in heavy rains, including four children aged 2 to 7.

Floods have affected more than 300,000 people in the central and northern Philippines since last Tuesday.

About 20 typhoons and tropical storms lash the Philippine archipelago each year.

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