Storm Deaths in Philippines Increase to More Than 200
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Storm Bopha may head toward China as the death toll from the fiercest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year rose to more than 230 people, with at least 79 missing.
“If the storm continues on its west northwest path, it may hit China,” Aldczar Aurelio, a state weather forecaster, said by phone today. The storm, locally known as Pablo, will leave the Philippines tomorrow and may strengthen as it crosses the South China Sea before it makes landfall again, he said.