A building is badly damaged near the evacuation centre in the town of San Policarpo in Eastern Samar province, one of the worst-hit areas in the Philippines. A typhoon that battered the eastern Philippines, forcing more than another 91,000 people to flee their homes, officials said on Saturday (May 16). More than 150,oo were already evacuated on Friday. - AP
MANILA: At least five people were killed in accidents caused by a typhoon that battered the eastern Philippines, forcing more than 91,000 people to flee their homes, officials said on Saturday (May 16).
The victims included a farmer who bled to death after being hit by shattered glass while in an evacuation centre in the town of San Policarpo in Eastern Samar province, one of the worst-hit areas, police said.
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