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One dead, thousands displaced in Philippines typhoon: rescuers

Floodwaters overflowing from Rio Grande de Mindanao, seen at upper right submerge Cotabato city on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on September 22, 2008. Rio Grande the second largest river system in the Philippines overflowed following heavy monsoon rains whipped up by Typhoon Hagupit that wreaked destruction across the central and southern Philippines over the weekend, forecasters said. One person was killed, about 2,000 displaced and ferry services suspended as Typhoon Hagupit battered the central Philippines with heavy rain. Photo courtesy AFP.
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Manila (AFP) Sept 22, 2008
One person was killed, about 2,000 displaced and ferry services suspended as Typhoon Hagupit battered the central Philippines with heavy rain, rescuers said Monday.

Heavier than usual southwest monsoon rains whipped up by the typhoon wreaked destruction across the central and southern Philippines over the weekend, forecasters said.

One person drowned and two others went missing when a boat capsized while crossing a river on the central island of Panay on Sunday, the civil defence office said.

On Saturday, three bridges were damaged and about 2,000 people were displaced on the central island of Sibuyan, it said.

Ferry services were suspended and fishing craft were barred from setting sail off the south coast of the main Philippines island of Luzon from late Sunday, the government agency said.

The typhoon, with sustained winds of up to 160 kilometres (100 miles) an hour, was now off the northern Philippines and moving toward southern China, with landfall expected there Wednesday, meteorologists said.

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