300 killed by Philippine typhoon
The death toll from a typhoon that ravaged the Philippines has risen to more than 300, with hundreds more missing, as rescuers struggle to areas with flooding and mudslides cut off. Bopha typhoon hit the southern island of Mindanao Tuesday, tilting trees and blowing away thousands of homes with 210 kph winds for bright and towards the South China Sea.
"We have 325 dead and this is expected to rise because many more missing," said civil defense chief Benito Ramos. A total of 253 people died in and around the gold-rush mountain villages in New Bataan and Monkayo due to typhoon-spawned landslides and floods there, said civil defense chief Ramos.
Twenty-one people were killed in other parts of the southern island of Mindanao and islands, he added. Cabinet Members March Roxas and Corazon Soliman, who flew south to inspect the damage, scenes of utter devastation described with thousands of homes and ripped look on the floor.
"It's all families, six or seven names with the same surname. It is sad to think entire families were washed away," Home Secretary Roxas said.
"There is hardly a structure is intact," he said in an interview on ABS-CBN television.
"We must hurry to these areas of the body bags, medicines, dry clothes and tents especially because survivors are living in the open," Social Welfare Secretary Soliman said.
Bodies caked in mud was transported on the backs of military trucks and laid in rows on tarps where families looking for missing relatives devastated when she pointed shielded bodies dear. Grenade Shock survivors desperately through the rubble of their house into something that could be remedied by a surrounding wasteland of flattened banana and palm trees can be found.
Ramos said 279 people were still missing, while 339 others were treated for injuries.
About 178,000 people remained huddled in evacuation centers, mostly overcrowded schools, gymnasiums and other public buildings, officials said. The typhoon is now over the Philippines in the South China Sea.
USA has offered assistance to both the Philippines and Palau, which was also hit by the storm earlier in the week.
"Our embassies in Manila and Koror has offered immediate disaster relief, and we are working closely with the authorities in both countries to provide extra help when needed," deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement.
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"We have 325 dead and this is expected to rise because many more missing," said civil defense chief Benito Ramos. A total of 253 people died in and around the gold-rush mountain villages in New Bataan and Monkayo due to typhoon-spawned landslides and floods there, said civil defense chief Ramos.
Twenty-one people were killed in other parts of the southern island of Mindanao and islands, he added. Cabinet Members March Roxas and Corazon Soliman, who flew south to inspect the damage, scenes of utter devastation described with thousands of homes and ripped look on the floor.
"It's all families, six or seven names with the same surname. It is sad to think entire families were washed away," Home Secretary Roxas said.
"There is hardly a structure is intact," he said in an interview on ABS-CBN television.
"We must hurry to these areas of the body bags, medicines, dry clothes and tents especially because survivors are living in the open," Social Welfare Secretary Soliman said.
Bodies caked in mud was transported on the backs of military trucks and laid in rows on tarps where families looking for missing relatives devastated when she pointed shielded bodies dear. Grenade Shock survivors desperately through the rubble of their house into something that could be remedied by a surrounding wasteland of flattened banana and palm trees can be found.
Ramos said 279 people were still missing, while 339 others were treated for injuries.
About 178,000 people remained huddled in evacuation centers, mostly overcrowded schools, gymnasiums and other public buildings, officials said. The typhoon is now over the Philippines in the South China Sea.
USA has offered assistance to both the Philippines and Palau, which was also hit by the storm earlier in the week.
"Our embassies in Manila and Koror has offered immediate disaster relief, and we are working closely with the authorities in both countries to provide extra help when needed," deputy State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a statement.
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