MANILA: Thirty-seven people were rescued from stormy seas off the Philippines but more than 300 others were dead or missing after a spate of landslides, floods and accidents caused by bad weather, officials said yesterday.
In the bleakest Christmas season for nearly a generation, rescuers clawed at the mud to unearth landslide victims on one central island and searched choppy seas for survivors from three lost vessels.
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