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Last Post 12/23/2017 3:19 PM by  nikos
Flashpoints-Current Items for Urgent Prayers: Philippines Tropical Storm Tembin kills 180 on Mindanao
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12/23/2017 3:19 PM
    More than 180 people are reported to have been killed as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with dozens more missing.
    Storm Tembin brought flash flooding and mudslides to parts of Mindanao island.
    Two towns badly hit were Tubod and Piagapo, where a number of homes were buried by boulders.
    Tembin, with winds of up to 80km/h (50 mph), has passed across Mindanao and reached the resort islands of Palawan, and will now move further west.
    The Philippines suffers regularly from deadly tropical storms, although Mindanao is not often hit.
    Tembin, known as Vinta in the Philippines, started lashing Mindanao on Friday, with a state of emergency declared in some parts, including the Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur regions.

    Regional officials quoted by the Rappler website said there were 127 fatalities in Lanao del Norte, up to 50 in the Zamboanga peninsula and at least 18 in Lanao del Sur.

    Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42464644
    Tags: philippines, Storm Tembin, Mindanao island, Tubod, Piagapo, Palawan, Lanao del Norte
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