Philippines says more than 1,000 missing from floods
China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-24 08:04
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Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao distributes relief goods to flood affected residents at an evacuation center in Cagayan de Oro City, in southern island of Mindanao on Friday, as some areas in the city remain without electricity and water. Aljibe / Agence France-Presse |
MANILA, the Philippines - The Philippines disaster agency said on Friday that more than 1,000 people were missing from a storm and flash floods last week, sharply raising the number of victims unaccounted for as the true extent of the disaster became known.
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