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Philippines Logs 100 Deaths, 25b-Peso Losses From Recent Storms
Rescue workers pull a boat carrying residents through a flooded street in Marikina City, Philippines, on Nov. 12.
Photographer: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images
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Three strong typhoons over the past three weeks have killed more than 100 people in the Philippines and damaged farms and infrastructure worth almost 25 billion pesos ($518.5 million), based on reports from its disaster agency.
A number of provinces north of the capital Manila are still submerged in flood waters after Typhoon Vamco swept across Luzon last week, just weeks after typhoons Goni and Molave hit.