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New storm to hit Philippines: forecasters
Manila (AFP) Nov 21, 2007 Tropical storm Mitag bore down on the eastern Philippines on Wednesday, flooding large areas of the region, days after another killed 10 people in the country's south, officials said. Mitag, with winds of up to 75 kilometres (46.5 miles) an hour was on course to hit the Bicol peninsula southeast of Manila on Friday, weather forecasters said. It was tracked 1,020 kilometres northeast of Legaspi, Bicol's largest city at 11:00am (0300 GMT), and forecast to reach typhoon strength of at least 120 kilometres an hour when its eye passes close to the island of Catanduanes, to Legaspi's northeast, early Thursday. The civil defence office in Manila said flooding had displaced about 2,000 people in three Bicol towns. The coastguard here said it would likely suspend ferry services between Bicol and the central islands as a precaution due to rough seas. Tropical storm Hagibis blew out into the South China Sea on Tuesday after killing 10 people and displacing about 30,000 others in southern and central islands. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Weather News at TerraDaily.com
Heavy storms sink fourth vessel off Ukraine
Kiev (AFP) Nov 11, 2007Storms off Ukraine's coast Sunday sank a ship carrying scrap metal as high winds in the area smashed a Russian oil tanker and sent two other cargo vessels to the bottom, a maritime official said. |
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